There's a huge benefit, for all the drug-cheats, for Lance Armstrong to be found guilty of cheating as well.
It would almost wipe their slates clean, they'd be out of the cycling press and their "crimes" would be forgotten in the media frenzy surrounding Armstrong's guilt.
The "Floyd Fairness Fund" raised around $1,000,000 from fans' donations to his legal fund. A fund used to defend his innocence in court (despite him later confessing to his own guilt).
Landis is a copper-bottomed wanker of the highest order. He's a cheat (taking performance-enhancing drugs is one thing but taking people's money on false pretences is another), he's a liar and now, just to add insult to injury, he's now acting like a 5 year-old "Tell Tale" to make himself seem less of a wanker...FAIL.
I do feel sorry for the UCI though, they are trapped between a rock and a hard place. If Lance was found to be a drugs cheat then, what little remains of, pro-cycling's credibility would be completly lost. a 7 year chunk of it's history would be wiped from history as an irrelevance. They'd have trouble selling the TdF brand after that.
I think they'd rather not find out if Lance was doping now. He'll be gone in a year. Destroy all his past samples, consign him to the hall of fame and move on.
Would we really want to investigate what Eddie Merckx used to "perk him up" whilst slogging up the Tourmalet?