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@Jimmy_Fingers
thing is it is a tale of two narratives. Any successful team will say they are clean. Sky aren't the first team to talk about hard training, technical innovation, meticulous approach. you say 'sky are more professional' a dozen will say back 'and the other teams aren't?' I asked Johnny Vaughters about warming down in the clinic and he replied and i'll quote from memory) 'only about ten percent of the peloton warm down, most of them hop straight on the buses. You be amazed at how backward the peloton is.'
Vaughters said that. Yet the conspiracists will say all teams are professional, train hard etc, where do Sky really get their advantage from? The easy assumption is drugs, and call them a few names, and make a few snide remarks, after all, Vayer and Kimmage are doing it, why don't you?
the problem for Sky and Froome in particular is it sounds too familiar and looks too familiar. Froome even has a disease to explain the transformation away.
But I'll give the benefit of the doubt, if he's cheating the truth will out, until then lets enjoy the racing.