According to PezCycling News, in addition to the video of Phonak’s Jose Enrique Gutierrez going in and out of the clinic where Dr. Fuentes (who is at the heart of the Spanish doping scandal), there’s a recording of Fuentes saying he had to go to Italy to “bring the Buffalo pasta.” ‘The Buffalo’ is Gutierrez’ nickname, so this little clip doesn’t sound good. As PezCycling says, “You’d hate to see it proved for the umpteenth time, but it doesn’t often seem like a 30-something rider will just magically end up on the podium at a Grand Tour after years of never really contending.”

Cycling hasn’t seen allegations of this magnitude since the 1998 Festina scandal. Sure, there are always accusations, but they usually don’t go beyond just being annoying. The 1998 Tour was a setback for cycling, a sport which doesn’t need any more.