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Yeah, except that whether we like or not, cycling has an image problem. When the biggest networks in the EU country with the largest market for cycling pull the plug, that's pretty serious.
Therefore the guys who are making the biggest money should be whiter than white. And that means complying with the doping rules to the last possible degree. Rasmussen has not done that. Therefore he has created this problem for himself.
Sure there is problem with other sports. Arsene Wenger, manager of one of football's bigger clubs said not so long ago that nearly half of his squad had NEVER been tested during his time at the club, about 7 years at the time he made the observation. But moaning because the media is unfair is missing the point. The media are what make the Tour attractive sponsors, and without the sponsors there is no Tour period. So the competitors have a professional responsibility to do everything they can to improve the public image of the sport, which, lets face it, has been really f***ed since 1998.