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the problem with vaunting a 'clean' team then having one of your riders retrospectively making a limited confession that is somewhat conveniently entirely outside of the statute of limitations is that you make yourself look dirtier than the teams who just protest their ignorance or cry about abuse of trust between individual athletes and the team.
For someone like Millar who was caught, did the right thing and confessed, then wore his heart on his sleeve then tried to re-gain public trust, i can understand Garmin's policy.
For someone who won the Giro and was vaunted as this 'clean' champion and subsequently proves to have dirty laundry that was kept hidden until it was outed by someone with an axe to grind, it looks bad indeed, especially given his lack of form since.
This is where some kind of truth and reconcilliation process with no statute of limitations is really needed, as this drip feeding of limited accountability and denial feels just as cynical.