What the ?????

[pll]

This morning one of the source cited above reported that the Tour organizers stated that Soler did not test positive after stage 14:

http://www.cyclingpost.com/tour/article_005202.shtml

At this stage, had this been true, I would have been angry. The tour is already too close to a bad soap opera...

[Aggie_Ama]

Did everyone hear the day Phil said "This man can not look good riding a bike." Or something of that nature. I almost spit my drink all over the living room!!

[Fredwina]

I think it shows that you publish just about anything on the 'Net. I noticed that Velo News didn't pick it up and CyclingNews.com only had it as a "unconfirmed rumor".
I believe that they are doing the testing differently this year. I read on another board that the usually ran the inexpensive test first and then broke out the pricey ones if they found something fishy. Plus, there is a power Struggle between the ASO and the UCI.

[RoadRaven]

His management confirmed it was a rumour before stage 19


He does look fugly on a bike... but what a thrill for him to be riding (have ridden now its all over) in such company and in such a prestigious race!

I am so pleased it was just a stupid rumour and unsubstantiated!

Like Fredwina... I went straight to CyclingNews to see what they had to say, and there was nothing there for quite some time, and then (I think it was CyclingNews) there was mention of it enough to say that his management would be doing a press release at 11am.