1984 Olympic Road Race story

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited April 2011 in Pro race
First hand account from the winner:

http://www.alexigrewal.com/index.php/bl ... pics-in-la
Contador is the Greatest

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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    I read it but no account of the institutionalised blood doping scheme. Skinsuit, my ar$e.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Kléber wrote:
    I read it but no account of the institutionalised blood doping scheme. Skinsuit, my ar$e.

    Blood doping was banned back then though. So, while we can diminish their achievements, we can't discredit them.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    RichN95 wrote:

    Blood doping was banned back then though. So, while we can diminish their achievements, we can't discredit them.

    Wasn't banned, you mean.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    On a similar note, there was a bloke I used to ride with occasionally who put Merckx into the barriers in the finale of an Olympic RR, denying him any shot of a medal. He never won one!
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    The American cycling press have been covering Grewals return to racing, particularly Velonews

    The comments below the story show another side to Grewal from his racing contemporaries.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'

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