This is a bombshell of a story. Of course there is doping in pro cycling, but what I find most interesting — though I’m no lawyer — is what will happen if this proves to be true:

By calling the team’s equipment sponsors, Mr. Landis said, he was able to figure out that not all of the bicycle frames and equipment the team was given each year were going to the riders: About 60 bikes were not accounted for. He said he found out that some of the bikes were being sold for cash. Mr. Landis said Mr. Bruyneel told him that the money raised from the sales helped fund the team’s doping program.

Federal investigators have contacted one of the team’s sponsors, Trek Bicycle Corp., and asked about the sale of bikes, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Robert Burns, Trek’s general counsel, said in an interview that the company was aware that bikes meant for U.S. Postal riders were being sold, but said it didn’t know what the money was used for. “Occasionally, you’d see a bike on the Internet somewhere where it would surprise us,” he said. “We didn’t want to see that stuff getting sold on the market. It should be going to a better use than that.” He declined to comment about whether Trek had been contacted by investigators. (Read more about the bikes.)