Hello,

I think I am going to put together a video for training of the top 10 doped rides. The prerequisite is that the rider must have incurred a sanction, sentence, or an admitted violation. In competition is preferable to out of competition.

So far I am thinking

1. Floyd Landis: Stage 17 TdF 2006.
2. Bjarn Riis: 1996 TdF (maybe Stage 9)

Others not placed:

Alexander Vinokurov: Stage 13 ITT 2007 TdF
Ricardo Ricco: Stage 4 2008 TdF
David Millar: 2003 World TT Championships
Tyler Hamilton: 2004 Vuelta a Espana Stage 8 ITT and 2004 Olympic Road Race

Honorable Mention

Michael Rasmussen: 2007 TdF Stage 8 to the end.

Any other suggestions and rankings?

I look at your criteria, and think dying from it during a major race ought to count for something ... Add Tommy Simpson to that list. Marco Pantani also deserves at least an honorable mention by similar logic.

agreed

1. Eddy Merckx
2/3. Floyd Landis/Roberto Heras
4. Jan Ullrich
5. Ivan Basso


Others not already mentioned;
Francesco Moser, Petacchi

Honorable mention - Tom Boonen just because he's awesome and gets caught seemingly every year for cocaine.

+1 on Simpson. And for Pantani, I think you go with his record time up L'Alpe de Huez as the particular stage to nominate.

+1 on Simpson... Poor bastard.

Honourable mention:

Alberto Contador in the 2009 TDF climbing Verbier. Analysis showed it would have taken a VO2 max of 99.5 to accomplish. That would be the highest V02 in history. Of course, when confronted he refused to release his documented V02 capacity as measured during training. Hmmm ...