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Fignon "the professor" on doping...
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. He said doping in cycling was revolutionized by the arrival of the blood-booster EPO in the early '90s. Fignon said he refused to take it and retired from competition in 1993 when he realized that mediocre riders were now keeping up with him. ------------ Did "the Professor" get colon cancer from the cocaine the Columbians gave him? Was Lance one of those mediocre riders he was referring to? |
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Fignon "the professor" on doping...
On Jun 18, 12:46*pm, 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. He said doping in cycling was revolutionized by the arrival of the blood-booster EPO in the early '90s. Fignon said he refused to take it and retired from competition in 1993 when he realized that mediocre riders were now keeping up with him. ------------ Did "the Professor" get colon cancer from the cocaine the Columbians gave him? Was Lance one of those mediocre riders he was referring to? I can t see how such things can be taken as applicable to everyone- many cyclists are health nuts in one way or another, hardly figures that we'd all be so keen on dopibng of any kind. Lance was an outstanding cyclist at young age; very strong, but without much focus, too green to be much of a sprinter and he did not yet have the endurance to hold out for a 3 week long race- but he was hardly mediocre; a lot of folks had pegged him for great things to come- I thought it was hype for american consumers at the time, but it seemed that those pundits were right in their foretelling- it remains to be seen if his commitment was honest or not. |
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Fignon "the professor" on doping...
On Jun 18, 9:46*am, 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. He said doping in cycling was revolutionized by the arrival of the blood-booster EPO in the early '90s. Fignon said he refused to take it and retired from competition in 1993 when he realized that mediocre riders were now keeping up with him. ------------ Did "the Professor" get colon cancer from the cocaine the Columbians gave him? Was Lance one of those mediocre riders he was referring to? sounds more like Lemond to me |
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Fignon "the professor" on doping...
Damn it! Lemond was anemic - it was an iron shot! I don't remember if the lead shot was before or after.
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Fignon "the professor" on doping...
On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 1:54:48 PM UTC-7, RicodJour wrote:
Damn it! Lemond was anemic - it was an iron shot! I don't remember if the lead shot was before or after. R Don't know if this is what you're asking ... According to Samuel Abt's article "1989: Lemond's Comeback", Lemond started taking iron supplements in 1989 during the Giro D'Italia. His condition had so deteriorated prior that "his ADR teammates began criticizing him, even mocking him and his condition." Lemond, quoted by Abt, stated his masseur noticed that Lemond's face was grey which Lemond then associated with an iron deficiency. Even when his riding improved Lemond was "still refusing to believe that the iron injections would make a permanent improvement." The article is reprinted in Samuel Abt, __In High Gear__ (1990, 2nd edition, Bicycle Books, San Francisco), pp 190-191. |
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Fignon "the professor" on doping...
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- |
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Fignon "the professor" on doping...
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 |
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Fignon "the professor" on doping...
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. Jacques Anquetil and a few thousand race horses seemed OK with it. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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Fignon "the professor" on doping...
On Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:17:53 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
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. Jacques Anquetil and a few thousand race horses seemed OK with it. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 How does cocaine improve performance? Like, the pharmacology/biology. Is this something "well known" and, dare I add, validated (other than anecdotally) about cocaine? I never would have thought of it in that light. What I think of is: the cocaine scene it Annie Hall. |
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Fignon "the professor" on doping...
yirgster wrote:
On Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:17:53 PM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote: 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. Jacques Anquetil and a few thousand race horses seemed OK with it. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 How does cocaine improve performance? Like, the pharmacology/biology. Is this something "well known" and, dare I add, validated (other than anecdotally) about cocaine? I never would have thought of it in that light. What I think of is: the cocaine scene it Annie Hall. Well, that's why I asked - I can't imagine it would help but I don't really have any idea. -S- |
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