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There is definitely a popular perception that cycling has some serious doping problems.
The most prestigious event in the professional cycling calendar, the Tour de France (TdF), has been marred by several drugs scandals in recent years. The worst of these was in 1998, when a masseur working for the Festina team, was caught with 400 doses of EPO in his car (EPO is a drug which enhances the ability of the blood to take up oxygen).
Not only Festina, but several other pro teams and some named individuals were implicated and reprimanded in the resulting scandal.
Subsequent prominent riders who have been caught out for drug taking include Marco Pantani (in the 1999 Giro d'Italia, for EPO) and Floyd Landis (briefly the 2006 winner of the Tour de France, disqualified for urine tests containing high testosterone).
The cycling world has hit back, arguing that drug-taking is under-detected in other sports. Most athletes are clean, they argue. Moreover, it's pointed out that the long stage races in professional cycling are exactly the sort of events most likely to tempt cheaters, because of the incredibly high levels of fitness required to compete. It's not the people or even the culture in the sport, the athletes argue, it's the grueling nature of the top events themselves that tempts the riders to use endurance enhancing drugs.
The most prestigious event in the professional cycling calendar, the Tour de France (TdF), has been marred by several drugs scandals in recent years. The worst of these was in 1998, when a masseur working for the Festina team, was caught with 400 doses of EPO in his car (EPO is a drug which enhances the ability of the blood to take up oxygen).
Not only Festina, but several other pro teams and some named individuals were implicated and reprimanded in the resulting scandal.
Subsequent prominent riders who have been caught out for drug taking include Marco Pantani (in the 1999 Giro d'Italia, for EPO) and Floyd Landis (briefly the 2006 winner of the Tour de France, disqualified for urine tests containing high testosterone).
The cycling world has hit back, arguing that drug-taking is under-detected in other sports. Most athletes are clean, they argue. Moreover, it's pointed out that the long stage races in professional cycling are exactly the sort of events most likely to tempt cheaters, because of the incredibly high levels of fitness required to compete. It's not the people or even the culture in the sport, the athletes argue, it's the grueling nature of the top events themselves that tempts the riders to use endurance enhancing drugs.
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