What if a team didn’t let their GC contender dope, but doped their #2 rider and let him pull the top rider through the tour? Then when the #2 rider ended up getting disqualified, you still keep the GC crown.
Why not juice up an ox to pull the cart over all those mountains, sacrificing the ox and eating him at the finish line?
Not saying any team is employing that strategy this year…just saying.