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I haven't watched a single Tour de France stage since Floyd Landis "won" in 2006, in spite of watching religiously the prior 7 years. I really lost interest after the initial doping charge against Floyd and all the subsequent riders implicated in the 2006 blood doping scandal. It sucks to find out your sports heroes are cheaters.
I am really at a loss about Floyd. As I learned more about synthetic testosterone and his upbringing and development in the sport, doping really seemed an impossibility for him and I still want to believe he's innocent. The final panel to evaluate the test results even admitted the lab that tested Landis' samples used "less than ideal laboratory practices, but not lies, fraud, forgery or cover-ups," as Landis attempted to assert.
Landis now faces a $100,000 fine to cover legal costs incurred by the U.S. Ant-Doping Agency, as well as the dishonor of being the first Tour de France winner in it's over 100 year history to have his title stripped. Additionally, his cycling future remains unclear and his reputation could be tarnished forever in the cycling world. Assuming he truly is guilty, these are the consequences of his actions that he knew could come to bear upon him for his illegal activities. If he is innocent (although that looks pretty unlikely at this point), it's a shame that an over-zealous governing body has destroyed this young man's career.
Part of my disgust with this event also stems from the labs and the Tour de France organizers that assume all riders are guilty until proven innocent. Additionally, there are several conflicts of interest between Tour organizers, sponsors, and labs that test the samples. Regardless of Landis' guilt, the Tour itself has it's own house to clean before the event can be restored to it's prior glory. For now, I must accept the several judiciary board's decisions that have all indicated Floyd is guilty and hope that he's learned his lesson, pays his dues, and gets back to the pure cycling that spurred his passion in the sport.