....might be Gerolstiners Robert Forster with his diary updates excerpted in cyclingnews
"The hotel where we and T-Mobile are staying is falling apart, with miserable rooms. In three weeks it will be torn down, says the hotel boss. Fabian (Wegmann) and I almost burned the place down. We hung our clothes under the lamps to dry out. When we came back from dinner, smoke was coming out from under the door..."