Report: Tyler Hamilton calls feds on Armstrong

The first conversation between Lance Armstrong and Tyler Hamilton since the cycling star's former teammate revealed to CBS' "60 Minutes" that Armstrong repeatedly used performance-enhancing drugs reportedly ended in Hamilton's lawyers contacting federal authorities.

A year ago, Hamilton was served with a subpoena to testify before a grand jury as part of a federal investigation into doping on the U.S. Postal Service-sponsored cycling team, of which Armstrong and Hamilton were members. Hamilton complied with the subpoena and last month told "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley that Armstrong was doping on the Tour de France in 1999 and in preparation for the cycling world's main event in 2000 and 2001.

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On Saturday, Armstrong and Hamilton were in the same high-end Aspen, Colo., restaurant and had a conversation. Accounts of what happened during that conversation vary widely from both cyclists.

Chris Manderson, an attorney for Hamilton, told ESPN.com in an article published Tuesday that Hamilton told him that Armstrong said his lawyers would "(expletive) destroy you," "tear you apart on the witness stand" and "make your life a living (expletive) hell."

The attorney told the website that he felt he had to contact the authorities because of Hamilton's status as a possible witness.

"When there's any contact, especially aggressive contact, we as lawyers have a duty to inform the authorities," Manderson told ESPN.com. "What they will do with it, I don't know."

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Hamilton was in Aspen for an annual meeting hosted by Outside magazine. Armstrong owns a house in Aspen, but Hamilton told Outside he thought Armstrong wasn't in town. Hamilton said Armstrong stopped him as he was heading back to his table from the men's room at Aspen's Cache Cache restaurant.

"He wanted to get into it," Hamilton told Outside Sunday, referring to Armstrong. "I was like, 'Let's step outside and talk away from the crowd, but he wouldn't. He said, 'No one cares.'"

Armstrong told Outside that the interaction was much less confrontational.

"I said, 'Hey, what's up?'" Armstrong told the magazine. "It was certainly awkward for both of us. It was truly uneventful."

One of the restaurant's owners, who both media outlets describe as a friend of Armstrong's, backed up Armstrong's account of the conversation.

"Lance never left the barstool," Cache Cache co-owner Jodi Larner told ESPN.com. "It was like two dudes meeting serendipitously. It was not a big confrontation."