LA ROCHE SUR YON, France (AP) — The leader for Omega Pharma-Lotto is brushing off a doping allegation that led the Belgian team to cut ties with a driver days before the Tour de France.
At a news conference Friday on the eve of the start of the three-week cycling showcase, cyclist Jurgen Van den Broeck said: “We do a job. We’re here for the Tour — and all the rest, we don’t care.”
The team severed ties with Wim Vansevenant, a former rider turned team driver, this week after police questioned him for alleged wrongdoing for ordering a hormonal product, a state prosecutor has said. Vansevenant has since been released, and an investigation is ongoing.
Team rider Philippe Gilbert of Belgium said he was “disgusted” by unspecified media reports about the case featuring his image — saying they had unfairly suggested he was linked to it.
