Cycling is (still) very big in italy, the brother of one of my teammate was a first year Propro 7 years ago. He was making 27000 euro a year and he spent 23000 a year for doctors and....stuff.... His brother told me you arrive at one point that you invested so much in time money sacrifice to become a pro that doping is not a choice, is only another step of your career. He also told me that is brother didn't know of any corridor really clean. My friend's brother was caught cheating 5 years ago, he is not a pro anymore.