Tour de France 2009

Indeed. What is surprising is that Silence-Lotto took him on without checking his past. That's them had their fingers burnt by Kohl and now Dekker. Do they actually think about this stuff before they sign a rider?

Surely they did check? Surely everyone in cycling would have known why Decker left Rabo; I think Jonathen Vaughters more or less said it outright when there were rumours of him signing Decker. They do seem particularly stupid and hapless though.