Sorry about the duplicate thread - thanks for so quickly locking it Admin. - most impressive. My bad. I did check things out and couldn't find the darned thing.

You have to feel sorry for Dutch cyclists, esp. the young ones coming up towards the pro ranks, but the decision is very understandable.

Let's hope that if and when UCI (or whoever ends up in charge) really cleans up their act, Rabobank will reverse the decision. How to demonstrate that pro cycling has indeed been reformed? - that is the >>> $64K question.