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To give him a bit of credit, the interview went on: “I always look to help my sport,” Cancellara said. “But even I can’t solve the problems that are there now, and I am among the top riders. They are related to politics, money and the show of power. Alone against all of this, I can only lose...

Appologies if this is posted elsewhere, but I just found this out. Apparently the UCI and other sports bodies are free to accept bribes under Swiss law. Quite an awful reason to be based there. (part of an article originally about the world cup, @...

Yeah, I agree, in an ideal world everyone should get charged for exactly what they did, and pay the price. But that's not going to happen, thousands of separate investigations and trials. Amnesty is a compromise, but it would make things a lot better than they are right now. But the main need is...

So many riders to bust though, it can't be a good investment for national police or doping councils (essentially state funded) to be spending years proving if the guy who finished 44th in Le Samyn in 2006 was cheating or not. Instead you need to create enough of a fear factor with the current...

The problem isn't to find one (or several) Jesus figures who can be cleaner than clean and set individual examples, it is that the institutional structure of cycling is corrupt and is corrupting. And to sort that, all you need is legislation and a couple of appointments (who don't even need to...

The facts in this instances are locations, names, performances, etc which can be empirically verified. If Landis' account of how they came to pass is more convincing than those who disagree that is sufficient. Example: if I am the sole witness of a bank robbery, the fact that the crew of...

As a witness, Landis' testimony is evidence. There is no need for some kind of third party as long as his description fits with facts.

Ah yes, but it is significant that this is the very first thing he says in the interview. The subtext of this comment is the key to understanding his reaction. Never mind the allegations themselves, the thing that is eating him up about this matter is that Landis never does what he's told to do...

I just listened to the McQuaid radio interview, wow. His first point was the 'revelation' that he immediately contacted Landis after his positive test and told him not to make a fuss about it, just admit it and get it over... So he is basically admitting that his first move after a doping bust...