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Doping questions – It’s not about Froome

By on July 17, 2013 in tour de france

I think it was J.Vaughters who said this was not a good year to win the Tour. The first year after USADA’a 2012 report on Armstrong, it’s only to be expected the spectre of doping would loom large. If Froome had crashed out on the first stage, there would have been just as many questions […]

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Graeme Obree on Doping and the UCI

By on November 5, 2012 in cycling

Graeme Obree has always been one of my favourite riders. I admire many things about him. But, with the revelations of the extent of doping in cycling in the 1990s, you have to respect him even more. As Obree says of the drug culture in the sport at the time. “First time I go to […]

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Betsy Andreu

By on September 4, 2012 in tour de france

The 1998 Tour de France became labelled as the Tour de Farce. It was the year when police stopped a Festina support vehicle loaded up with doping products. It revealed the extent of widespread doping in the peleton. Two convicted Festina riders said the only rider on the team definitely not doping was Christophe Basson. […]

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Lance Armstrong Doping Issues

By on September 3, 2012 in articles

I have to admit to a certain fascination with the Lance Armstrong and the on going doping investigations. Some people think ‘well, it happened in the past, we should leave it.   But, I watched nearly all of Lance Armstrong’s seven tour victories. I watched in increasing dismay as he threw his weight around chasing […]

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