Recently retired Ineos Grenadiers racer Geraint Thomas has said that “it wasn’t great, the way the team dealt with” the situation surrounding David Rozman, the soigneur who was forced to leave the Tour de France amid an International Testing Agency (ITA) investigation over his links with a doctor at the centre of the Operation Aderlass doping case.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Guardian, the 39-year-old was questioned about the various controversies which have dogged Sky/Ineos over the years, the latest of which was the Rozman investigation.
“It wasn’t great, the way the team dealt with it. But it’s a tough one if you get a doctor that’s been in cycling for a while. I’m not saying they’re all dodgy, by any means, but if someone’s been in the sport 15 years, the possibility of them having some sort of link [to doping – Ed.] is pretty high,” Thomas said.
As part of a look back at his long cycling career, which came to an end at the Tour of Britain last month, Thomas also said he was grateful to have avoided joining a team such as Saunier Duval – where he rode as a stagiaire in 2007 – or Phonak as a young…
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