Quote Originally Posted by TheOriginalFlashDavo
Yes, but "thinking" doesn't make it true. And unfortunately due to recent history the onus will be on the teams, riders and the sport to convince the general public they are clean. That's not going to happen overnight.
Cycling actually has more strict and more frequent dope tests than any other sport. Most of the riders tests negative, and many are tested everyday during the Tour de France and also when not competing. As sponsors are really important to the riders, and sponsors don't like doping scandals, there will be taken measures against it. New this year is that many riders have signed contracts with their team that make them lose one years wage if they're caught using dope (no, I don't think this will encourage them to try harder to hide it, but discourage them from using it). There have also been talked about canceling all competitions for one year, but that seems unlikely to happen.

Quote Originally Posted by TheOriginalFlashDavo
Yes, let us hope. But a clean test isn't going to prove anything in the short term unfortunately. Rass was also testing "clean", he just got caught lying.
4 times. 3 times is the limit at which you can be excluded from competitions (equal to positive test). The problem here was the he lied/didn't give up his localization 2 times to the ICO and two times to the Danish Cycling Association (or whatever their name is), so both of these association thought that he had just missed it twice. If it had been known that the number was 4 times instead of 2, he wouldn't have been allowed to start this year's Tour.