The more money is involved, the less incentive there is to catch dopers.
The big money teams being protected by the UCI because they don't want to scare away their cashcows, that's totally plausible.
True, just remember the contador case was supposed to be covered up in exchange for cash according to testemonies, but the media got a hold of it first.
Ricco alleges that 44 other riders tested positive for CERA at the 2008 tour and it was covered up.
Ricco also added at the end of a interview 7 years ago which i find pretty telling since he was not asked about it:
“And can I add that I prefer chemical doping to motors? At least you have to have the courage to bet on yourself. With motors it’s another sport. I would never be able to use them. I’d feel like crap.”
Hamilton alleges the UCI covered up a positive test for Armstrong a tour de suisse.
Hamilton also says in a interview from 6-7 years back that he started hearing about moto doping back in 08-09, and heard from inside sources in the peloton that moto doping is in use by the biggest riders.
The former head of French Antidoping Jean Pierre Verdy also claims that 12 riders used moto doping in the 2015 tour.
I could go on and on.
Fastforward to now with high tech motodoping and a top of the line pharmasutical program blitzing all the climbing times by extreme amounts... of course its covered up, the sport would be dead.
So covering things up is pretty much buisness as usual
They should have cracked down on it in 2010 with Breschel and Cancelara, sent a strong message. Even when sky turned donkeys into tour winners. now its simply to late and ingrained in the sport, it cant be done without killing it.
Anywho, Pogacar and Vingegaard are bonkers, but its fun to watch Pogacar at least