Festina? The fear against speaking out occurs in day to day life, never mind in the mafia-type Omert in professional cycling. What you're being is an UN-healthy cynic. There really are some daft comments on here. David, the events of the past week didn't surprise me at all. The basic bones of the allegations, testimony and circumstantial evidence around Armstrong have been in the public arena for at least 6 years. Even though the Federal investigation had been stopped it was obvious that it wasn't going to just go away. My point here, is that you comparing the massive volume of evidence against Armstrong (which was always going to erupt sooner or later) with weak, guilty-by-association comments about Cavendish is just not valid. I find it very unlikely that Barry told Cav much if anything. Even if he did, he would probably have discussed his past only in confidence. That doesn't make Cavendish a doper, nor complicit in Michael Barry's misdemeanours. Not all cyclists dope. Even in the worst period in the sports history, they didn't all dope. So let's just stick to facts here and not assume they're guilty because they shared a hotel room with someone who used to dope 7 years ago. On the other hand, I share your hope about critical mass. A lot of people wanted to 'move on' from the Lance stuff, but my view is that his 'legacy' still had too strong a grip on the sport. Maybe a few teams and the