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The legacy of Armstrong is that no one can now excel in cycling without being accused of doping.
If Froome is doping there is no way that Sky are not complicit and therefore, by extension, the credibility of the whole British Cycling set up is put into question and all of the success that has come over the past few years on the track is in doubt.
Then again, as there is no evidence of doping (and in Armstrong's case there was) I would prefer to believe that training methods and other marginal gains have achieved this extraordinary result.
Froome's performances since 2011 have improved spectacularly. But he is no longer a domestique. He is having possibly the best training programme in sport focused on him.
I am not a Froome fan. I dislike the obsession with him and Sky in the British media. I hope and still believe that he is clean.