Not a Lot of People Know This...........

claudb

..... or do they ???
As we seem every day to be investigating past indiscretions and Cycling is once again in the spotlight, I just thought I'd remind people (some may be too young to have known at the time anyway) of just one example of organised doping which was NOT in Cycling. So, just for a tiny bit of balance, please see the attached link to see the story of Juventus Football Team from the '90's -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2391974/Juventus-doctor-guilty-of-doping.html#

Paul 8v

Good, a bit of ammo to use against moron football fans always going on about cycling being a cheats sport!

Mikey23

Agricola... Is that an anagram of Ferrari?

rick_chasey

Mikey23 wrote:

Agricola... Is that an anagram of Ferrari?

Roman general who conquered the UK I believe.

skylla

27.10.12
http://www.vg.no/sport/sykkel/artikkel. ... d=10055448

2010
http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/ligaer/s ... d=10020328

skylla

2006
http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/l ... arca-9415/

skylla

1985!
http://elpais.com/diario/1985/02/14/dep ... 50215.html

negativelycra

Footballers don't need to go to the extent of systematic cheating behind closed doors. They can just dive, feign injury, etc etc with impunity without any sort of punishment whatsoever. I also can't imagine the likes of Rooney et all, who can't seem to be able to controlled by their clubs socially, would ever manage to jump through the hopps well enough to avoid detection, esp with random testing.

Sadly, none of this matters - wether cycling can be seen equal to the most unsporting sport in the world really isn't where we need to be aiming. Clean and zero tolerance IMO are the only ways forwards, like the Olympics used to (and still should) be.

cougie

How much testing do they have in football ?

Look at the rewards on offer - thousands of pounds per week. Now imagine someone coming to the end of their career - he's losing a bit of fitness. Some micro dosed EPO and he's strong through the 90 minutes.

I'd be amazed if this wasnt happening already.