It’s fair to suggest that the atmosphere at the Cannondale-Garmin breakfast table in Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland, wasn’t the most pleasant this morning. The riders and staff at the Tour de Pologne woke up to the news that on the other side of the world, on the eve of the Tour of Utah, Tom Danielson had retuned a positive test for synthetic testosterone.
Such a situation is far from ideal for anyone, but the Garmin half of the team – which merged with the Italian Cannondale squad at the start of the year – was founded upon an express anti-doping philosophy and Jonathan Vaughters has said in the past that one positive test could spell the end for his team.
As was to be expected, Fabrizio Guidi, head directeur sportif at the Tour de Pologne, where six of the eight riders are originally from Cannondale, remained tight-lipped when talking to Cyclingnews outside the team bus ahead of stage 2 on Monday.
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“I have nothing to say, no comment. That’s from the team, that’s normal. Every kind of release has to come from the management. That’s what we have to do, no comment at the moment. Everything has to come from them,” he said.
“We are focused on racing and we will do our best. We have a strong group here and we want to fight to win this race. That’s our focus, we keep going,” he added.
The team’s plans for the seven-stage Tour de Pologne revolve primarily around Moreno Moser, who won the race overall in 2012 as a 21-year-old riding for Liquigas-Cannondale. They are also hoping Davide Formolo, the promising 22-year-old who caught the eye this year with a stage win at the Giro d’Italia, can chip in.
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