By some accounts, DSM refused to give him an improved contract after his breakout performances last year. He felt he deserved it, DSM management clearly decided he didn't.
Riders buying themselves out of their contract to move teams is not unheard of, so one assumes that's what he's done. For reasons we don't know, DSM management decided to make insinuations about doping when the news broke that he was moving teams.
The last line of Andy's is for sure - if it did turn out that DSM had proof he'd been doping and then went down the NDA route rather than hanging him out to dry, that's not good for the sport.
By some accounts, DSM refused to give him an improved contract after his breakout performances last year. He felt he deserved it, DSM management clearly decided he didn't.
Riders buying themselves out of their contract to move teams is not unheard of, so one assumes that's what he's done. For reasons we don't know, DSM management decided to make insinuations about doping when the news broke that he was moving teams.
No-one comes out of it looking good.