On 6/21/2012 12:26 PM, Steve Freides wrote:
cicero venatio wrote:
Fignon on doping,

copied excerpt--

In the book, Fignon admitted to doping, describing drug-taking in the
1980s as widespread. He said it was recreational rather than
performance-enhancing -- aided by the strong Colombian involvement in
cycling at the time and accompanied by large quantities of cocaine.

Is cocaine a performance enhancer for a bike racer? I confess (blushes
sheepishly) to never having tried the stuff.

-S-


I think the question to ask is whether it is an economical performance
enhancer. Kimmage agrees with Fignon on widespread doping in the 1980s,
but it wouldn't be cocaine during a race unless there was no other
dope that was cheaper and/or more effective. And that really isn't the
case.

F