We all know cycling is just an arms race of doping and getting away with what you can and staying one step ahead of the peloton and the authorities.
Yes there is talent and supreme hard work and sacrifice, but to get anywhere you need to be doing something shady or you'd be left in the dust.
Even your favourite cycling stars are doing some of this stuff, else they would get nowhere.
I have the feeling someone at ITV4 has their suspicions regarding Pogacar…montage of him climbing shown over the titles at the end of yesterday’s show soundtracked by The Byrds’ Eight Miles High, the ultimate drug song.
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Long read but anyone who likes cycling should read it.
In the article it does mention caffeine as on the watch list. Im a lot slower these days and use some of the same stuff the cyclists use.Yeah, shows the complications involved.
I don't worry too much about climb times in the 90's by known EPO users being beaten, with 30 years of improvements in equipment and preparation it would be a surprise if they weren't.
I am partly naive I'm sure, but I do think the sport is cleaner than the past overall, and nobody is doing the kind of thing that US Postal got up to. If there is anything in this carbon monoxide training, it sounds really dangerous, nobody should do it, but it's not "doping" as I define it, it's closer to altitude training than blood spinning.
On which, there is a line in the WADA rules about manipulating blood values, which is insane, as I manipulate mine every time I have a pint or a chocolate bar. We need to get better at defining the rules and measuring certain levels, not just in cycling, but in all pro sports.
In the article it does mention caffeine as on the watch list. Im a lot slower these days and use some of the same stuff the cyclists use.
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If he doesn’t fall off at high speed (again.)Think Roglic will win the Vuelta.