Svetty said:
No logic here at all!
If they are clean they have no need to 'give the others a bit of hope'. If they are dirty they should be hung from the highest branch.
Similarly if they are clean both the RR and the TT are 'fair game' and if they are dirty neither are.
Well, I meant they should 'give others a bit of hope' if they are dirty, of course. Not because it would be the right thing to do - not doping is the right thing. It's just that they don't seem to care how obvious they are making themselves look anymore, which kind of killed the Tour GC.
The RR is 'fair game' because I actually think Cavendish is the best sprinter in the peloton, which he has proved pretty consistently in the last few years. So, regardless of how doped the Sky GC support squad is, Cav is still the logical winner in a bunch sprint.
Of course, you can argue that the power of someone like Wiggins will keep the field under control, but on such an easy course, the bunch sprint is almost inevitable anyway.
Winning the TT however is just taking the **** out of the other competitors and the public. There is simply NO clean explanation for that, after racing at the highest (and I mean the highest!) level in the Tour and the 1 week races...
tldr: For me, winning the RR would not prove they dope, but winning the TT will, that's why the first is "fair game".