Reaction to news that Tom Danielson (Cannondale-Garmin) tested positive in an out-of-competition test in July coursed through the team parking lot before the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah rolled out of Logan Monday morning, with the majority of riders expressing surprise, disappointment and a hesitance to go on the record.
Danielson teammate Alex Howes finished second on the stage and attended the post-race press conference. Despite an admonition from the race organisation not to ask about riders who weren’t present, Howes was asked about team morale this morning after getting the news Sunday night.
“We’re here in Utah to race, and I think we showed that today,” Howes said. “You get bad news and obviously morale is not amazing. But we’re here to do a job and that’s what we’re going to do.”
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Optum Pro Cycling’s Phil Gaimon, who recently wrote an article for Cyclingnews about what it means to be a clean rider, was one of the riders who didn’t want to comment about Danielson, whom he considers a friend. An obviously shaken Gaimon simply told Cyclingnews before the stage that his worldview had been shattered.
Chris Horner, the Airgas-Safeway rider who finished second to Danielson the past two years in Utah and who is no stranger to doping accusations himself, told Cyclingnews he wanted to wait to comment until all the facts are out.
“In terms of Danielson himself, I don’t have a comment because it just came out last night,” Horner said. “ Of course every rider is going to have to wait and see how the B sample goes and all that kind of stuff.”
— Phil Gaimon (@philgaimon) August 3, 2015
— Robin Carpenter (@RobinmCarpenter) August 3, 2015
— Ian Crane (@iancrane) August 3, 2015
— Andrew Dahlheim (@andrewdahlheim) August 3, 2015
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