I just heard on Eurosport that one of the Posties (not lance - his name sounded spanish) is suspected of taking some PEDs. It’s way back from the Giro, but he has gotten a court summon now. LeBlanc let him in the tour because he was confident in the team and it’s leaders.
What about Danilo DeLuca? They didn’t let him in because they didn’t want to spoil the good name of the tour by letting someone who allegdly took PEDS in or something along those lines.
DOPING DUNG: There’s been some whispered rumours about US Postal’s Pavel Padrnos being targeted in a doping investigation dating back to the police raids on team hotels at the 2001 Giro. It now sounds like Padrnos is indeed in a spot of trouble, having been handed an October 27 court date in San Remo, Italy. No word yet on the nitty-gritty details, but no doping news is good news…