It's had its troubles, but there does also seem to be a tendency for the media to focus on it.
Look at FIFA in soccer - it's completely rotten - and yet we're back to 'those cyclists...'.
Also: if you consider the money in cycling, which is pretty modest, compared with soccer or US sports... you're delusional if you think that cycling is dirtier.
If other sports , like football/soccer were under the same surveillance as cycling, the results probably would be similar, but it's easier to go on the same people.
Look at FIFA in soccer - it's completely rotten - and yet we're back to 'those cyclists...'.
Also: if you consider the money in cycling, which is pretty modest, compared with soccer or US sports... you're delusional if you think that cycling is dirtier.