A friend joked the other day that the Floyd Landis doping hearing needed some sort of sex scandal in order to get more play in the media. Well, there you have it. Of course, this isn’t what Aaron was thinking of, but not only did we get a crazy admission by former Tour de France and world champ Greg Lemod (he was sexually abused as a child), Landis’ business manager apparently threatened Lemond the evening before he testified. Incredible. Until this point, I have thought that Landis may well just be innocent, but if that is the case, why would a Landis associate attempt to intimidate Lemod? Lemond has often seemed to be the grumpy old man, constantly badgering Lance Armstrong during his more successful years, but given that Landis has no where near the success as either Lemond or Armstrong, why would he bother?

Posted on 18 May 2007