I'm not naive, I'm actually a bit jaded at times and as anti-doping as anyone, but you still have to have hope, you still have to believe that things are getting better, and that the reins are tighter so that we're not seeing super human performances with guys doped to the gills with no restraint, while clean riders can't even finish. Cunego says he is riding clean, and his words rang true to me. He's in 17th place, about 5 minutes back. Had this been 1992-2004, he probably wouldn't have made it past Stage 5. So there is hope. This doesn't mean everyone above him is doping, only that I think the peloton is cleaner, and there's a very good chance, despite what Big Boat insists, that there are many more riders out there making it clean, quite possible some ahead of him. Not all, no, I'm sure many more are doping. But until some serious, or legit, accusations are leveled at DiLuca, I'm going to support him and cheer on his gutsy performance.
Keep in mind the mountains stages this year haven't been that brutal, at all. Alpe d'Suisi was just one long climb that wasn't very steep, and yesterday's stage was just l-o-n-g, with one big climb over the easy side of Sestriere where about 90 riders stayed together. He attacked on the shorter climbs after that, and really, made his break on a descent.