Landis case twist: hacking lab computer

“To say the lab is not good, that the lab is sloppy, that the lab makes mistakes, we're used to hearing that,” said Montreal's Ayotte, who testified on behalf on the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in Landis' arbitration hearings. “But if this is true, that type of spying, it's something that gets a bit disgusting.”

The first arbitration hearing was held at Pepperdine University two years ago. It was open to the public and took a wild turn when Will Geoghegan, Landis' business manager and close friend, admitted to making an intimidating phone call to three-time Tour de France champion Greg Lemond the night before Lemond was scheduled to testify.

“If it's true,” USADA CEO Travis Tygart said of the hacking allegations, “as disturbing as it is, it's not surprising, because their whole strategy was using every means possible to escape the consequence of Floyd's doping, including attempting to scare witnesses and trying to take down those simply trying to do their jobs for clean sport.”

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