Originally Posted by bbattle
Lots more random testing; testing of riders year-around; all doctors and trainers are registered with the cycling authorities and they can be audited unannounced. Anyone associating with an unregistered doctor/trainer/health guru/whatever is banned for a year.
Lifetime ban for first offence.
The SNL scenario would kill riders every year as they would be encouraged to dope. And nobody would watch or stay interested because the only human element involved would be to see who can dope the most without dying during the race.
I agree with the lifetime ban for first offence. All riders give specimens the morning of a ride. Police involvement with municipal offences for the rider and team doc.
And maybe take it out of the hands of the French, at least for the TdF. The WADA can't handle it because they are not being viewed as being honest or trustworthy. There really needs to be some neutral party to handle specimens (which was the point of WADA, but something happened along the way.)
It just comes down to enforcement.
Or--gasp!!--riders and teams could refuse to participate in events when they think those events are being conducted under suspicious circumstances. Its really up to the teams and corporate sponsorships to clean it up, or they will ut themselves out of business. And racing would return back to the fun and exciting sport that it is, without all the chatter from the sidelines.