Originally Posted by SBRDude

Let's assume for a moment that Contador is totally clean and that this was all just a big accident. Let's also assume that Astana has been working very hard to ensure that their team is squeaky clean and beyond reproach. Moreover, let's also assume that all the other teams in the TdF have been making a serious and honest effort to be clean. Finally, let's assume they have all been on this clean campaign for the last few years. Remember, that is the official policy that everyone of those teams and riders likes to state.

Now, if there really is this much institutionalized honesty and accountability, shouldn't people be coming out of the woodwork to assert that AC doesn't use PEDs? I would expect teammates, past and present, to emphatically support him in the media. Same thing for team directors and anyone else with recent experience in the TdF. We should hear stories by people on other teams - people with no direct stake in AC - vouching for his character, explaining how they keep their own teams clean and how they know that Astana does the same thing, etc. In short, I would expect to see more outrage and frustration by those who know and believe the sport and AC to be clean. I mean, wouldn't you at least expect Armstrong to say that even though he never really got along with AC on a personal level, that he still respects him as a rider and always knew him to be clean?

Instead, it seems like people don't want to invite any attention on themselves. I know this proves nothing, but to me it just seems like a situation like in a crappy neighborhood with a lot of violence and when the cops show up, no one wants to get involved.