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Aagain that's a simplification and a bit of a strawman. I'm not saying that really. What I am saying is I feel a team like Garmin should either be hiring dopers who have been censured or riders that are clean. If a rider has doped and got away with it, and Garmin know about it, they should be open about it and the revelations shouldn't come out in a warts-and-all book. If that meant Ryder was exposed to censure at an earlier date (he joined in 2008 didn't he?) and has to serve a ban then good, he has cheated and then been punished. Then he can put the past to rest and carry on racing clean. His admission now puts him conveniently outside the SoL so nothing can be done. As I said earlier, that sticks in the craw.
By knowing about Ryder's past doping and covering it up until they were forced to by Rasmussen's admissions, they have shaken my faith in the words coming from them and their stated anti-doping policy.