In 2003, Armstrong asked Landis to stay at the Armstrong residence for a few weeks to keep watch over the refrigerated blood and ensure that the electricity remained on so the blood would not spoil. USPS team members had their blood transfused on multiple occasions during the subsequent Tour.
Landis received the “oil,” a combination of olive oil and steroids which he absorbed under the tongue.
Also in 2003, Landis took his first injection of EPO, supplied by Armstrong (in front of Armstrong’s wife), in order to raise his hematocrit levels before withdrawing blood for transfusions.
During the 2004 Tour, the USPS team bus driver faked engine trouble on a remote roadside so the entire team could receive blood transfusions. Landis witnessed every member for the 2004 USPS team receiving transfusions at this time.