Doping

His team doctor making an error.
I hope orica are paying him some good compensation!!

So he's had his name dragged through the mud for what?

For breaking the WADA code. Specifically, for failing the intelligence test by taking medication given to him by his doctor without even bothering to check what it was. Velonews quoting Yates:

"Unbeknown to me, this substance was in the medication prescribed to treat my asthma during the race"

If I moved to Australia and told my new doctor I'd been taking asthma medication for the last 20 years, it would not be altogether surprising if he prescribed Bricanyl, the antipodeans seem to love that shit. On the other hand, even if there wasn't a question of of doping control, I'd be pretty pissed off if he didn't ask me what I'd been taking hitherto and then explain at length his reasons for wanting to switch me to a different drug. In the absence of a deliberate attempt to use terbutaline as a performance enhancer, the case seems to show a casual disregard for the patient's interest on the part of the doctor, and an alarming lack of curiosity on the part of the patient.