Apex

The evidence establishes conclusively that Mr. Bruyneel was at the apex of a conspiracy to commit widespread doping on the USPS and Discovery Channel teams spanning many years and many riders.  Similarly, Dr. Celaya and Mr. Marti were part of, or at least allowed themselves to be used as instruments of, that conspiracy.

-- United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) statement in which former team manager Johan Bruyneel was banned for 10 years, while Celaya and Marti got eight-year bans, 22 April 2014