I have absolutely no doubt that some (and possibly many) of the riders dope and take something to make them as fast as they are. In particular, I was referring to the witch hunt of the Spanish doping ring, where they particularly chose to eliminate Basso and Ullrich from the Tour on allegations of doping. They hadn't done anything, they hadn't been tested, they were simply pulled out of the race. Whether that was a team decision or not, it was certainly a huge blow to the race, without proof of any misdeed. In fact, Basso was officially cleared of the allegations yesterday. Does this mean Basso hasn't doped? Nope! Just that these allegations are just that...allegations.

With Floyd, the story is a bit different...a sample tested positive. The question here is how accurate is the testing? Not guilty until proven so, except in the court of popular opinion, I guess! Again, I still have a desire to believe that he did nothing...dumb maybe, but hey, what can I say?!