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Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
I understand why they stripped him of his title but with what is happening with Jan and others it's going to make it hard for anyone to come out and admit to doping. I really feel like the only way to get the sport reasonably clean is to let these guys come forward with no repercussions and tell all and name names. Then if they test positive again a lifetime ban. If a rider who admits to doping is facing being stripped of his wins, legal action to repay earnings and a four year ban from the pro tour no-one is going to come forward.
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So what happens now? Are they going to declare someone else the winner? And if they did, it would kind of seem silly in a way because, as others have pointed out, they were prob ably doping too. I doubt any blood is saved from back then for tests.
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