Financial doping is similar on one level

in terms of achieving success on an uneven playing field.

The problem with doping in cycling is that there are only around 500 professional cyclists in the world. So, at the peak of EPO (Armstrong/Riis/Ullrich etc) it became extremely difficult for very good cyclists to become professional without taking drugs.

These drugs have serious health risks and other long term effects that are not known. Most of them are designed to be used for patients recovering from cancer or heart disease, not for world class athletes who already have huge hearts and high levels of oxygen in the blood.

So when doping is endemic in cycling, it forces many riders who want to turn professional to take serious risks with their health - in order to get the necessary results, sponsorship etc. to make a living.

Posted By: Mecagoenti on July 12th 2012 at 17:44:32

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Cycling cheats (General Chat) - essexcanary, Jul 12, 17:36:23
- I think this is the cleanest Tour ever, because it's in the run-up to the Olympics and (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Jul 12, 18:16:21
- slight difference between financial mismanagement off the field/track (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 12, 17:52:36
  - One is in secret, the other is blatant (General Chat) - essexcanary, Jul 12, 17:57:31
    - football isn't meant to be fair (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 12, 18:02:38
      - We know football is not fair, thats why we are on here! (General Chat) - essexcanary, Jul 12, 18:13:05
        
        true but we took decent risks getting out of league 1 (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jul 12, 18:15:40
  - I was reading an article (can't remember where) which (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jul 12, 17:56:11
- Financial doping is similar on one level (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jul 12, 17:44:32
- The whole Sky set-up (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 12, 17:42:02
  - Judging by today, Froome is the biggest threat to Wiggins this tour (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jul 12, 17:45:55
    - As above - it's essentially their raison d'etre (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 12, 17:49:49
      - (Incidentally - Froome is no threat at all to Wiggins. But assume you know that (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 12, 17:51:20
        
        It would be great if they let Froome off the leash at the Vuelta (General Chat) - Mecagoenti, Jul 12, 17:54:01
        
        Sexy (General Chat) - Surrey Yella, Jul 12, 19:18:56
        
        agree 100% with all of that (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 12, 17:55:38

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