T-Mobile was the team that tried more than anyone to clean house and implement a strong anti-doping program. All winter long, the cycling magazines were touting them and contrasting them with Disco, which had just signed Basso despite allegations of doping. So that makes the Sinkewitz thing even more bizarre.
Even more bizarre is that every T-Mo rider had to sign the contract that they’d forfeit ALL of their racing income for the year if they were caught doping. I thought that clause might turn out to be a pretty clever gambit, because it would take away a lot of the incentive for these guys to cheat. Guess not. (caveat: he’s innocent until proven guilty by the “B”)