Cycling has one of the highest rates of doping of any sport. What about cycling makes it so prevalent? We look at the unique set of circumstances that make doping so difficult to resist in the sport.

1. CYCLING
&
DOPING

3. 983
road cyclists have
been involved in
doping since 1980

4. biggest
Cheaters

5. Why is
DOPING
SO PREVALENT
IN CYCLING?

6. 1 The history of doping

7. 1866
The First Recorded Case Of Doping In
Cycling Was In 1866 By Arthur Linton
Linton (left)
along with
manager
Choppy
Warburton,
fellow cyclist
Jimmy
Michael and
brother Tom
He Used A Mix Of Cocaine, Caffeine anD Strychnine
to win the bordeaux - paris race

8. The
Acceptance
Of Drug Taking In The
Was So Complete By
1930
That the Rule Book
Reminded Riders
That…

9. The
Drugs
Would Not Be Provided
By The Organisers

10. 2 The CHEATERS ACTUALLY WIN

11. - Since -
1961
68%
Of The Tour De France Winners
Have Been Found To Be Doping

12. The
Cost Of
DOPING

13. in
2003
alone
7 European Cyclists
DIED
young because of
doping

14. doping causes
serious
health problems
Stroke
Severe headaches
male pattern baldness
loss of vision
diabetes and tumors
crippling arthritis
acne

15. It I s Also
Dangerous
To Your Wallet
Lance Armstrong
lost all of his 7 tour de France titles and, allegedly,
$75,000,000
in sponsorship contracts

16. He Would Have to Win the
Tour De FrANCE aNOTHER
The
Cheater
150
tIMES tO mAKE uP tHE
aMOUNT hE lOST.

17. So Before You
DOPE think Spotty
Do You Want To Be A
angry bald man
or

18. -A-
#realwinner
sINCE 1968
ONLY 7
tOUR dE fRANCE wINNERS,
iNCLUDING BERNARD HINAULT,
WERE NOT INVOLVED IN DOPING CASES
BERNARD
HINAULT
1978
1979
1981
1982
1985
FRANCE