Gerolsteiner rider Andrea Moletta remains on "inactive" status and will not participate in the Dauphiné Libéré as originally planned. Team manager Hans-Michael Holczer told the German press agency dpa that he will not ride until it is established what was in a syringe that the police found in the possession of his father. Holczer is in contact with the Guardia Finanza (an Italian law enforcement agency responsible for drug trafficking), which is handling the investigation.
His father, Natolino, was on his way to the Giro d'Italia on May 20 with two others when their vehicle was stopped and searched. A one-way syringe was find hidden in a toothpaste package in a cooler in the car. Moletta senior said that it was a painkilling medication for his own use.
