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Cycling
Professional cycling is widely regarded as one of the most drug-soaked sports in the world. Higher financial rewards for top cyclists and the advent of the blood doping drug EPO have taken things to a new level in recent years. The American cycling hero, Lance Armstrong, is among those cyclists who have been accused of doping.
Blood Doping and Cycling
Pharmacological advances have had cycling authorities scrambling for years, as new breakthroughs allow drugs to emerged that are undetectable -- at least until new tests are developed.
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Doping and cycling: the basics |
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EPO is drug of choice for cyclists |
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Cycling group president says doping charges are exaggerated |
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U.S., cyclist tested positved for EPO in summer 2003 |
Tour de France
The Tour de France has been relentlessly mocked for its apathy towards blood doping and other forms of performance enhancement. Is it deserved?
Lance Armstrong
Armstrong has been dogged by accusations of blood doping, which he has vigorously denied. So far no hard evidence has been found by Lance's accusers, but some of the charges have come from credible sources.