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Doping exists at Cat 2 and 3 levels domestically. Take away the sponsorship funding and you will just reduce the amount spent on the program by the players... IMO you won't stop the doping. As long as there is an advantage to doping and the chance of being caught is small... players will continue to jab themselves with steroids, micro-dose with EPO, and centrifuge their blood. There just won't be as many who can make a living out of the game. And all the young, potentially clean top young cyclists coming through will suffer less potential remuneration from their career.

Take an axe to the doping industry... doctors, corrupt team staff, as well as riders. Test, test, test... maybe then doping will not occur... at least not so much. Or maybe resistance is futile and we just have to legalize some of it, whatever the consequences.

Relying on teams and cyclists to just be nice guys and not dope is naive in my book.Interesting point you bring up, however do you really believe that a micro-dose is going to do anything for these guys, hell it wouldn't do anything for a CAT -1 guy...

...do you really believe that a micro-dose is going to do anything for these guys, hell it wouldn't do anything for a CAT -1 guy...
Sure it would. It might have more of an effect than on the pros.

Sure it would. It might have more of an effect than on the pros.
depends. the EPO wont do a thing unless one is already exhausting your O2. The O2 effect is not linear, it is absolute.