"We are talking about a death by a thousand cuts, " he said, calling for an amnesty to bring the full extent of past doping in the sport into the open, and to provide a new start for cycling.
Webber broke his duck last season by winning two grand prixs on his way to fourth place in the world drivers' championship -- results achieved despite breaking his leg in a cycling accident before the start of the season.
Let's start at the frenzied end of last week, when Floyd Landis seemed like cycling's version of Hans Brinker, trying to stem the flood of doping rumors with a number of media interviews.