 Wegelius later repaid the costs associated with his participation in the event, and was never selected to represent his national team again.He later said that he regretted the incident.Having been on the Liquigas-Bianchi team since they reached the top level of cycling, Wegelius was a key domestique in the Giro d'Italia supporting Dario Cioni, Danilo Di Luca, and Stefano Garzelli.