No, I'm with you Tony on the amateurs - a couple of training buddies were ex-domestiques and they were insane riders. Probably still are. But my point was, as you said, that doping is all through cycling, and the demands placed on the human body to complete those races have always required pharmaceutical assistance, among other things. Sobeit. If Landis loses the title, can you trust #2 not to be doped as well? Doubtful.
Still, I had high hopes for Landis making the podium this year, well before the race begun. Scandal or no, he was strong and things fell into place for him. That's not a result of doping, and never is.