A presentation on the history of doping in professional cycling. Intended for a 25 minute talk plus questions.

1. Doping In Pro Cycling:
What it is and why it matters
Mike Moore
December 14, 2012

2. About Pro Cycling
 Different disciplines
 Different kinds of races
 The Peloton, the Team and
the Individual
 Money & Culture
 Results Orientation

3. Doping in cycling
 Long history in the sport
 Not effective or safe

4. Doping in cycling
 “Preparation”
 Directors, Doctors &
Trainers
 One day races
 Stage races
 Testing

5. Effectiveness
 Three rules of
competitive cycling

6. Effectiveness
 EPO: adds red blood cells
 Raises performance by 5-15%
 Makes you able to climb faster
 Testosterone: builds lean muscle and aids in
recovery from hard efforts
 Enables significantly harder and longer training
 Blood doping: adds more red blood cells and
reduced perception of effort
 Immediate recovery and >4% added endurance

7. Examples
 1996: Jonathan Vaughters, EPOed up, sets record
for climb up Mt. Ventoux; never wins another
mountain stage
 1999: Lance Armstrong wins his first TdF by 7:37, a
time difference of 1.3%; later testing reveals 6
positives for EPO
 2001: Tyler Hamilton rides TdF clean and finishes
94th. In 2002 Giro, EPOed up, finishes 2nd.
 2006: Floyd Landis, after blood doping, rides away
from the field, setting stage for TdF “win”
 And many many more….

8. Avoiding getting caught
 Dodge the testers
 Dilution
 EPO Micro-dosing and intravenous injection
 Autologous blood doping
 Phony therapeutic use exemptions
 All of these worked until the implementation of the
Blood Passport and Whereabouts Controls

9. USADA vs. USPS
 Originated in USPS Fraud investigation
 The charges:
 Use/attempted use of banned substances
 Possession & Trafficking
 Conspiracy & Intimidation
 Aggravated Charges
 From Aug. 1 1998 until the present
 Tons of evidence
 Not just Lance...

10. Why it matters
 Trickles down to young & amateur athletes
 Techniques mastered in cycling are being
used in other sports
 Distorts and corrupts
 Not all cyclists doped – not a victimless crime

11. Just some of the victims

12. Since December….
 Team Sky sackings
 Rabobank admits to organized team doping
 Numerous sponsors drop cycling
 Many other cyclists outed
 Oprah!
 Qui Tam lawsuit
 Operation Puerto trial

13. Questions?
Want to learn more?
Lance Armstrong’s War by Daniel Coyle
The Secret Race: Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle
USADA.org: Reasoned Decision
mike_moore@earthlink.net