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"Apparently he (Landis) had a flat tire right before the start. Then in the ITT, his aerobars broke off b/c the race organizers had made him lower them just before his start. He also had to switch out his bike. IIRC, he rode the remainder of the ITT on a 3rd bike."

Landis had a cut tire not a flat and they made a choice to go ahead and change it. Afterwards of course he said he wished he had not done that. He did change bikes because of the handelbar problem as noted. I was not aware of any other bike changes. He did changes bikes yesterday due to a broken spoke.

You are right- it was a cut tire. I remember hearing that and thinking WTF? How do you have a cut tire minutes before your start time in the TDF Prologue? In the ITT, I recall Bob Roll recounting Landis' experience that day and I am pretty sure he said that he ended up finishing the ITT on a 3rd bike that was meant to be simply a spare. My reaction at the time was that it was a miracle that he had as good a time as he did.
I will go back through the archives and see if I see anything about it. There has been so much written about this Tour, I have no idea whether I can find it!