therealtimshady said:i agree that there may have been coverups. but there have been no announcements of positive tests (except the retrospective one on the 1999 samples which was quickly forgotten) and if so why no punishment particually as valverde , basso etc were punished for past crimes
When you have a coverup, you'll also get no positive tests.
When you have riders like Valverde and Basso being tossed under the bus, and riders like Armstrong being protected, a statement like the one below from McQuaid makes so much more sense:
“There are certain things we have to do…to continue to create stars and try hard to find another global superstar. We need to find one or two others who can communicate by their persona, their performances and the way they interact with the media to become international brand names. Because that’s what every sport needs to be a global sport.”
By protecting certain riders and allowing others to fall, speaks to an extreme impropriety happening at the UCI.