Look - I'm not so naive as to think that the whole pro peleton is clean. I just think that pulling so many people without concrete evidence of wrong doing is not the way to go. Paper work (in code none the less) alone is not enough to convince me. As far as I've heard the blood samples from the Spanish bust have not been identified as of yet. When / if that happens I'll be happy to call it concrete evidence and condem the riders who cheated.

from VeloNews
..the riders listed have not been found guilty of breaking the UCI ProTour's ethical code; there only suspicions. And on the other, their clean reputations have been brought into disrepute in the biggest media circus of the year.

As Basso's team manager Bjarne Riis told the press Friday afternoon, "We need proof. We have to be careful saying things that are not 100-percent sure. The investigation is going on, but how can I say he's lied to me when I cannot prove it. It's pretty normal that I have to support my riders."


If you are so sure that all of these guys aren't clean - why believe that anyone is? Their doc's just haven't been busted yet!

Innocent until proven guilty!