I’m not entirely awake, so just bear with me.

Over the past couple of days we’ve had one doping tape revealed, the Landis verdict handed down, a former Canadian cyclist confess to doping and now a second tape has been made public. I haven’t and won’t listen to these and I cannot vouch for their credibility, but from all accounts, they’re pretty damning (links to the audio thanks to cycling fans anonymous [CFA]).

And you know what? It’s turned this whole doping thing into a farce, maybe even the sport. How do I know? Check out these headlines collected by CFA. This sport had turned into a joke and yet what has changed? Nothing. For all the talk, there are still so-called suspected dopers who will probably race (at least they’ve been called up by their national teams) to race at Worlds. That guy (you know who) who won the yellow jersey at this year’s TDF was under suspicion of doping (later it came to light that several members of his old team had doped). I’m not accusing anyone, I’m saying that if cycling wants to clean up it’s act, it should have started yesterday.

It’s not too late now, but seriously, things are getting out of hand. At this rate the whole sport is going to turn into a joke. I do not subscribe to the belief that all sports will end up going down this path — but I do believe that if cycling doesn’t do something drastic, nothing will change within the sport or outside of it. Cycling, as everyone keeps saying, has a chance to make things (mostly) right. But right now they just seem to be treading water.

And what happens then? This farce. Thanks for making the sport look bad, dopers. And thanks to the anti-doping and cycling agencies as well. You’ve done a great job of doing nothing.