The Giro raid could yet have the same implications as the Tour raid and subsequent Festina trial.

BBC: Battle against drug peddlers continues

The Festina trial in the aftermath of the 1998 Tour, when three teams were expelled, exposed endemic doping.

BBC: Battle against drug peddlers continues

After a dream move from Festina he crashed in his first race with his new employers - the GP Marseillaise.

BBC: Christophe Moreau

Even more telling was Voet's evidence to the Festina trial in Lille.

BBC: Battle against drug peddlers continues

Marco Pantani, who previously used banned drugs, was excluded, as was the Saeco team, whose leader is Laurent Dufaux, the former Festina rider.

BBC: Battle against drug peddlers continues