Anymore, the road cycling scene isn't the same unless there is some doping drama.There's no shortage of it this year, just take your pick: T-Mobile, Basso & Scarponi, Hamilton, and a couple other rider suspensions for good measure. So, here we are again, practically on the eve of a Grand Tour and the anti-dopes are rushing around trying to show the world how serious they are about the fight against doping, by getting teams to suspend riders "implicated" in Operation Puerto.
I'm really disappointed in Basso, and he deserves whatever he gets, but the powers that be really need to find a better system than suspending riders due to implication. Got concrete proof... in hand? Suspend/ban away to your heart's content.
I would rather see a low profile investigation, whereby nothing is announced to the public until the Anti-Doping Agency/s are ready to pounce on a rider/team/etc., instead of this on again off again crap. "You can't ride, you're implicated in the current investigation. There's no real evidence against you, you can race. It appears as if there's more evidence, we're not gonna allow you to race." It has gotten old and tired.
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