Doping in Professional CyclingA look at Drug Abuse in Men’s Cycling

1950-1960s

Taylor McCurdy, 1044763

Tour de France

Lance ArmstrongTour de France

Lance ArmstrongDoping

Tour de France

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1 2 3

… as early as 1867

What makes one cyclist better than

another is his ability to suffer

1950s & 1960s

1950s & 1960sClassical Period

AMPHETAMINES

AMPHETAMINESWHY THE HELP SIDE-EFFECTS

1. DECREASE FATIGUE2. INCREASE FOCUS

3. INCREASE WAKEFULNESS

1. DELUSIONS2. PARANOIA

3. HYPERTHERMIA

1960-1967

1960-1967Few athletes would enter a race

without the help of doping

In 1965…

37% of Belgian Cyclists 46% of Italian Cyclists

In 1965…

were doping

Knud Jensen1936-1960

Roger Rivière1936-1967

Tom Simpson1937-1967

Tom Simpson1937-1967

1962Resolution against doping

1965First Anti-Doping Law

1967IOC Medical Committee

1967IOC Medical CommitteeUCI Anti-Doping Policy

RIDERS STRIKE 1966

“The anti-doping law is idiotic… Yes, I have taken doping products”

Jacques Anquetil

AMPHETAMINES

AMPHETAMINES

ANABOLIC STEROIDS

AMPHETAMINES

ANABOLIC STEROIDS

BLOOD DOPING

Moving Forward…

NO DOPE, NO HOPE