Cycling has one of the highest rates of doping of any sport. What about cycling makes it so prevalent? We look at the unique set of circumstances that make doping so difficult to resist in the sport.
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CYCLING & DOPING
983 road cyclists have been involved in doping since 1980
biggest Cheaters
Why is DOPING SO PREVALENT IN CYCLING?
1 The history of doping
1866 The First Recorded Case Of Doping In Cycling Was In 1866
By Arthur Linton Linton (left) along with manager Choppy Warburton,
fellow cyclist Jimmy Michael and brother Tom He Used A Mix Of
Cocaine, Caffeine anD Strychnine to win the bordeaux - paris
race
The Acceptance Of Drug Taking In The Was So Complete By 1930
That the Rule Book Reminded Riders That
The Drugs Would Not Be Provided By The Organisers
2 The CHEATERS ACTUALLY WIN
- Since - 1961 68% Of The Tour De France Winners Have Been
Found To Be Doping
The Cost Of DOPING
in 2003 alone 7 European Cyclists DIED young because of
doping
doping causes serious health problems Stroke Severe headaches
male pattern baldness loss of vision diabetes and tumors crippling
arthritis acne
It I s Also Dangerous To Your Wallet Lance Armstrong lost all
of his 7 tour de France titles and, allegedly, $75,000,000 in
sponsorship contracts
He Would Have to Win the Tour De FrANCE aNOTHER The Cheater 150
tIMES tO mAKE uP tHE aMOUNT hE lOST.
So Before You DOPE think Spotty Do You Want To Be A angry bald
man or
-A- #realwinner sINCE 1968 ONLY 7 tOUR dE fRANCE wINNERS,
iNCLUDING BERNARD HINAULT, WERE NOT INVOLVED IN DOPING CASES
BERNARD HINAULT 1978 1979 1981 1982 1985 FRANCE