The good news is that it is obvious that there are a lot of clean teams in the Tour this year. Gone are the days of seven Tours in a row with only one bad day!
I think that the whole Garmin team was clean, so hats off to Ryder for a superb job to make 7th overall.
Based on the number of $hitty days that Wiggins had, I can't believe he was doping, so even though he finished well down, I think that Sky must also be clean.
Mick Rogers was the GC hopeful for HTC-Columbia and he also had a slew of $hitty days, so I'm hoping their team is clean. And unlike half of the sprinters in the peloton, I don't think Cavendish has a TUE for salbutamol for "asthma. (Unlike Petacchi, who got popped for twice the legal limit a while back -- I could never figure out why an asthmatic would decide that "bike race sprinter" would be a good career choice...)
So who is your vote for top-placed clean rider (and any other notable clean teams)? Gesink held onto 6th ahead of Ryder. I've always wanted to believe that he was clean. One rider with a last name starting with "G" spoke out against doping a few years back, but I think that was actually Gerdemann and not Gesink...
Thanks for your opinions!
I think that the whole Garmin team was clean, so hats off to Ryder for a superb job to make 7th overall.
Based on the number of $hitty days that Wiggins had, I can't believe he was doping, so even though he finished well down, I think that Sky must also be clean.
Mick Rogers was the GC hopeful for HTC-Columbia and he also had a slew of $hitty days, so I'm hoping their team is clean. And unlike half of the sprinters in the peloton, I don't think Cavendish has a TUE for salbutamol for "asthma. (Unlike Petacchi, who got popped for twice the legal limit a while back -- I could never figure out why an asthmatic would decide that "bike race sprinter" would be a good career choice...)
So who is your vote for top-placed clean rider (and any other notable clean teams)? Gesink held onto 6th ahead of Ryder. I've always wanted to believe that he was clean. One rider with a last name starting with "G" spoke out against doping a few years back, but I think that was actually Gerdemann and not Gesink...
Thanks for your opinions!