What age of innocence? This is a sport that has ALWAYS welcomed substance use (and abuse).
I honestly think that we're all naval-gazing and being foolish. What monument on Mt. Ventoux is considered sacrosanct? Could it be Simpson's monument? Isn't that monument an honor to someone who died on the slopes, directly as a result of using substances?!
I'm not pro-doping, but I think it's both self-righteous and self-deceptive to think that we did not know that doping was prevalent in this sport ALWAYS. The Cannibal was sanctioned for doping, for goodness sake...
Oh, and before someone tears into the integrity of cycling, remember that substance use has frequently, or always, been used in professional sports (and amateur feeder programs). Heck, the US even has a perfect-game winner in baseball who admitted to using LSD the day of the event?!
There will be cheats always...and we should root them out to the best of our abilities...let's not presume that this is new...and even if it's more organized, perhaps that's not all bad...having doctors involved will limit future Tommy Simpsons, right?