This article has a little blurb that really illustrates one of the biggest issues in doping
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-to-hold-fast-to-protour-rules-excluding-continental-teams
The Biological Passport program and in general increased and better testing being done at the pro tour level is all good. But the problem is that these programs don't affect many younger, developing cyclists. The young cyclists who haven't yet made it to the pro tour level are certainly incentivised to dope to get there, especially knowing their current testing is minimal. I would guess that by the time many of them get to the protour level they have already been immersed into the culture of doping.
If we are going to change the doping culture we need to start testing younger. This is a very difficult situation because there are serious financial barriers to participating in these testing programs. I don't have a solution to make it happen, but I think focusing on testing younger is the best answer to help rid cycling of doping.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-to-hold-fast-to-protour-rules-excluding-continental-teams
"If the Tour of California becomes a ProTour race, it might motivate some of the team to go Professional Continental. At the moment a lot of the US Continental teams have the budgets of Pro Continental teams but there are no controls over them, neither the Biological Passport or anything, as there with the Pro Continental teams in Europe. They've got to progress as well."
The Biological Passport program and in general increased and better testing being done at the pro tour level is all good. But the problem is that these programs don't affect many younger, developing cyclists. The young cyclists who haven't yet made it to the pro tour level are certainly incentivised to dope to get there, especially knowing their current testing is minimal. I would guess that by the time many of them get to the protour level they have already been immersed into the culture of doping.
If we are going to change the doping culture we need to start testing younger. This is a very difficult situation because there are serious financial barriers to participating in these testing programs. I don't have a solution to make it happen, but I think focusing on testing younger is the best answer to help rid cycling of doping.