If in fact cheating were rife, and if the majority of the people who got the top mark in the last twenty years had been revealed to have cheated at some point, then this would be a fair question, wouldn't it? In such a circumstance, an honest exam taker ought to be angry at the cheaters, and at the people running the corrupt exam system which allows the cheaters to profit from their cheating, not at the people who are legitimately asking questions about it.
I'm bored of hearing this "surely you can understand why we're suspicious?" line. It's disingenuous bullshit.
First off, Brad has stated his position on doping many times in the past. Does he really need to repeat it?
Second, a deliberately needling, provocative question in a press conference with the sole purpose of generating headlines is not hard-hitting investigative journalism, it's lazy hackery.
Third, if you look beyond the superficial resemblances between Sky and USPS/Discovery and study the facts and figures, you will see that their performances don't really bear comparison.
Here are a couple of interesting tweets from Jani Brajkovic to consider:
@janibrajkovic: Couple of years ago every1 was laughing at @TeamSky for doing million things trying to improve performance, now when they're flying...
@janibrajkovic: ....it's very easy to say they must be doing something... Yes, they r, training, nutrition, dedication, etc. well deserved
I'm not saying this is proof that Sky are clean, but knee-jerk cynicism is not the only valid response to an impressive performance.
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