I'm with you Adrien. Tyler is great and I also really wanted to believe him but the longer I'm a cycling fan the more and more cynical I become. I'm Tyler fan but I can believe that he would dope - despite (as V pointed out) the fact that he seems so level headed and grounded.

It's sad to think that I'm pretty much prepared to hear Boonen allegations ( when they come, because they will, in one form or another.) I think the problem is that sporting values and the ethics of the true athlete that all of us amatures hold, are forced to lie next to what is essentially an industry. How can the honour of winning a one day classic (for example) lie next to the pressure from sponsors to win AT ALL COSTS?

Cyclists are caught in the middle - the audience wants to see an old fashioned hero, who battles though thick and thin, who beats his rivals fairly and squarely on a level playing field. Sponsors on the other hand have no other interests other that how much money they can make from the guy who crosses the line first, while the cyclist is caught in the middle.

Tylers career is all but over now, but I still feel uncomfortable that someones whole career can be based on the accuracy of a blood test. After all, who tests the work of the testers?