pmcg76 said:Hey the IRA never went away either but things are most definitely differently nowadays.
no the media has lost interest in the story but the 'troubles' still exist.
pmcg76 said:No the 99 Tour was named the Tour of Redemption optimistically by the ASO beforehand. There was cautious optimism that things had improved(which was correct), it didn't last.
I never heard anyone declare cycling to be cleaner 05 or 06, this is another myth created in the clinic. Perhaps you could provide some evidence to back up your claims.
Hincapie, VdV, DZ, Levi all stopped in '06.
pmcg76 said:What pros moved across the border after the French made doping illegal?? As has been pointed out a million times, the Postal boys were already based in Girona pre 98. It was only really Armstrong who moved along with Hamilton who had moved from Girona to Nice. You make it sound like there was a whole rush of riders.
Monaco I think is easy to explain? Tax haven.
So taking your logic about the French cleaning up due to criminal laws, we now have the French performing better in recent years which logically would suggest things are cleaning up overall but that is not how you see it. If the French are indeed doping up again, what have foreign riders to be scared of nowadays by living in France?, if I am not mistaken, doping is now a criminal offence in Spain as well.
One could explain the French deciding to catch up with others.
The Spanish criminalising doping really showed at La Vuelta.