David Millar, I'm astonished he gets so much criticism. This is a guy who constantly reminds us that he is a reformed doper and is willing to take the shit for that. I think that's laudable. I don't agree that they 'pontificate' as you suggest. I don't find what Millar and JV do to be self serving at all. They merely love the sport and want to do their upmost to make sure no-one is confronted with the corruption that they faced. Author Jeremy Whittle said in his book that he had concluded that blaming the likes of David Millar for doping in that environment was akin to blaming factory chickens for getting fat. So I would say there has to be some forgiveness, but I agree there also has to be a consensus as to where to draw a line in the sand. Unfortunately, the governing body of the sport doesn't seem willing to do they, so why single out the lab rats in this analogy? We're all a bit hypocritical, because we all want exciting races, but seem to forget just how tough the sport is. The sponsors are hypocrites too, pretending they didn't know what was going on. See the Cofidis affair for an example of that, in addition to the recent Rabobank announcement. I agree broadly with your point here. I cannot help but interpret OPQS sacking of Leipheimer not as an overt promotion of omerta but as a way to drop a significant salary so