Interestingly, most of those who are against Armstrong include the argument that NO cyclist wins without doping.
Which makes me wonder why they are so insistant that Armstrong be punished. If they are right, he was doing what everybody else did. Why they don’t think the entire records of all cyclists should be wiped out is the interesting question, and one that suggests they are more interested in seeing their hatred of Armstrong validated than actually bringing integrity to the sport.
The records of all cyclists during the Armstrong era should be wiped out. If they were winning, they were cheating.
They should be wiped out because they forced decent people like Scott Mercier to quit the sport.
DING DING DING! We have a winner.
You just nailed it. IF everyone was doping, and Armstrong's team was just a little better at it and never got caught the whole witch hunt retroactive punishment is still a moot point.
Everyone seems to think Lance doped, and they all also say Everyone doped. So it is only fair that either Lance's records stand as he was never found guilty during his time racing or they just need to go back -- decalre a certain set of years as "THE DOPING PERIOD" and wipe out ALL THE RECORDS! period.