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Originally Posted by Translation
they aren't even talking about steroids you morons. they are talking about blood doping with epo.
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EPO stimulates bone marrow to produce more red blood cells and i believe it is considered a "steroid" I could be wrong on the classification tho.
Back in 1990 when Greg Lemond won the tour his VO2 Max (maximum oxygen consumption, the basic measurement of an athlete's aerobic capacity) was tops among professional racers.
Today, he would be in the 51st percentile. In other words, the Greg Lemond of 1990 who won the Tour de France would be sent back for water bottles today.
That's how much the sport has evolved and they did HELLA more drugs back then than they do now.
Lance is clean, he is a fanatic about the BEST equipment a fanatic about tweaking it and has the best tour navigator/coach the world has ever seen; not to mention the knowledge and experience he has about the course before he even goes into the race.