Sport24.com : Doping has been linked to cycling since the very beginning. Pot belge was around in the 1920s. Isn't cycling forever condemned to be dogged by doping?
Jonathan Vaughters : I want to lead the battle. I'm dedicating myself to that. If after three, four, five years we're at a point where it's impossible to get rid of doping, that'll be a sad thing. We'll see. I don't know if we can win or not. But I think that today, this is the first time that the spirit needed to change things really exists. The energy for it exists, the people with the right mentality exist, the pragmatic viewpoint of the business is also there. Because today, it's more important to have a team with the right image than to win races. The essential thing is to not have doping problems, to be transparent and to follow the rules. Winning races is second to that. In 2008, when I launched this team I said, "we're going to do the big races with a clean team. We'll see whether or not it works". It was an experiment. And sure, we've had some good seasons. Now I'm convinced that, at the end of October when the World Tour rankings are settled, we can be the best team in the world, an anti-doping team.
Sport24.com : If tomorrow you find out that one of your riders tested positive, will the team stop?
Jonathan Vaughters : It's possible, yes. If we were to have a confirmed positive result, our sponsor would have no obligation to keep going.