Well having the team work for the leader is how road cycling works. It's how sprinters win stages too (apart from Sagan, who doesn't need any help). Team Sky have certainly taken the team work to a whole new level where their climbing domestiques are arguably good enough to challenge for Grand Tour victories themselves. It has killed the racing and unpredictability to a certain extent but the other teams basically let them dominate the peleton and set the pace leading into the climbs. Obviously a big part of that is the caliber of cyclist they are able to recruit with the massive budget you already alluded to. Perhaps the UCI should introduce a budget/salary cap to stop one team building a team of top class climbers and make a more level playing field. Froome hasn't always just relied on his team though. Did you see how he won the Giro this year, or how he came back from a puncture in last years Tour de France?
As for the doping case, he has been cleared of any wrongdoing so unless you know more then the scientists and doctors who looked at the evidence then it just seems like sour grapes. Also bear in mind that Alberto Contador served a doping ban and came back to immediately win the 2012 Vuelta and fractured a bone in his leg during the 2014 Tour de France but miraculously recovered to win the Vuelta that year. Alejandro Valverde also served a doping ban and came back to finish second straight away in the 2012 Vuelta. These are guys who served bans for real offences yet don't get any of the vile abuse that Chris Froome has received. On several occasions Team Sky have released his data to scientists who know what they are talking about and they've all said that there is nothing abnormal about his performances. He has never failed a drugs test either by the way - the result from the Vuelta last year was adverse and it was demonstrated to WADA (who also know what they are talking about) that the results were not abnormal. Everyone should end the WITCH HUNT and move on.
