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I don't keep up with these threads much anymore, but... Wait, did people really think Ryder was squeaky clean? Do you think the peloton did? Omerta? Wtf are you guys on about?
Even I, a reluctant fanboy, was questioning his past in 2010 (I even asked Andy about it, and he was pretty clear that he felt he was clean then, but wouldn't be willing to take a stance regarding his US Postal days). If a knowledgeable gentleman like AndyP, and a total idiot like me, were both skeptical, wtf were you guys doing? Is it simply because he didn't stand up in 2008 (or earlier) and take a punch in the face before anyone else was? When many were (and it would seem, still are) doping? Or should he have done it once he started performing well (presumably) clean? Because that's what we as fans want - riders who are winning great races, or even performing well, while clean, to say: "Fuck it, I did dope everyone - take this away."