Originally Posted by El Diablo Rojo
You want a two year suspension? Give up the facilitators, the doctors and the DS's.
That is an excellent point.
Everybody complains about how Landis/Hamilton/Heras and so on
ad infiniteum never "just come clean." Well, why should they? Other than the somewhat naive (sad but true) notion of owning up to a misdeed.
Other than that there's no incentive to confess and with the additional 2 year Pro Tour ban there's even more disincentive. Keep fighting Maybe the lab makes a mistake (Hamilton & the Olympics) or your defense creates enough doubt (Indigo Landaluze recently beat the "sure thing" isotope test with the help of a lawyer that Landis has hired). Worse case you take the exact same punishment you'd get if you confessed right after the A sample.
I know Millar is used as the "right" sample but it's not like he gave anybody up and since he'd obviously beaten a load of tests he has something to give up.
Maybe a 1 year or 18 months suspension w/o the additional Pro Tour suspension if the confession includes sources and techniques?