Greatest Dope Fueled Cycling Performances of all time ?
Anton Berlin
Aleey's dinner plate' and this year's tour - more than anything -
sealed the concept that cycling without drugs is just bike riding.
With that in mind - what are the greatest dope fueled cycling
performances of all time. Bonus points for posting a video link since
more than likely most of these all occurred in the EPO/CERA years.
( 1991 - 2008 ? )
To get one obvious choice out of the way.... Ricco's in 2008 -
inspiration to all.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65mmv_ricco-la-vittoria-di-tappa-al-tour_sport
B. Lafferty
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> Any sprint victory by Tom Simpson.
Cicero Venatio
> As a wise man once said "Cycling has gotten cleaner than Kirstie
> Aleey's dinner plate' and this year's tour - more than anything -
> sealed the concept that cycling without drugs is just bike riding.
It's as exciting as watching cars drive by on the interstate highways,
as opposed to watching the Indy 500. Good observation. People want to
see supermen, and you don't get that without a little help from that
black bag.
Anton Berlin
Excitement - EPO crazed excitement
Norman
Frankly, bring back amphetamines, whiskey
and 18 hour stages.
raamman
floyd's 2006 stage 17 (?) victory
pantani's 1998 tdf final TT
Amit Ghosh
dumbass,
i agree like rock n roll, the best cycling performances are also drug
fuelled.
this is one of my favorite videos, vdb in the vuelta :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8MOQuF4_BI
other great ones :
-vdb's LBL
-furlan's milan san remo (he still holds the record for the fastest
ascent of the poggio).
-pantani's '99 giro
-mayo's alpe d'huez
-chiapucci at sestriere
Fred Flintstein
> With that in mind - what are the greatest dope fueled cycling
> performances of all time. Bonus points for posting a video link since
> more than likely most of these all occurred in the EPO/CERA years.
> ( 1991 - 2008 ? )
When I was in high school (late 70s) there was a guy at
one of the other schools in town that ate a bunch of
white cross before a big football game and broke the
conference rushing record. He was a gifted athlete to
begin with, no doubt about it.
He wound up with football scholarship to what would
eventually be a Div I school, Div I didn't exist yet.
To me that was a landmark because it was my first example
of PEDs paying off.
I can't imagine how the coaches didn't figure it out. Or
maybe they did. How do you bench a guy for something that
you know you can't prove? And especially when he is having
the game of a lifetime for you? They kept calling his
number, I know that.
Fred Flintstein
Kurgan Gringioni
"Anton Berlin" <truth...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ceb66f89-5a0d-460d...@d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
: As a wise man once said "Cycling has gotten cleaner than Kirstie
: Aleey's dinner plate' and this year's tour - more than anything -
: sealed the concept that cycling without drugs is just bike riding.
:
: With that in mind - what are the greatest dope fueled cycling
: performances of all time.
Dumbass -
Rominger's hour record. It was just supposed to be a 'test'. He didn't even
have the ultimate bike.
thanks,
Kurgan. presented by Gringioni.
Barry
> performances of all time.
How about Bjarne Riis (Mr. 60%) on Hautacam in 1996:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHlCl2s0UM
Anton Berlin
Three questions come to mind...
1. Did Indurain get a bad batch of EPO?
2. Why does Riis remind me so much of Young Frankenstein when he
grimaces.
3. Why did the video editors think mid 80s porn music would be
appropriate from 3:05 -3:40? I keep expecting to see Christy Canyon
enter the frame.
Plano Dude
Mapei 1996 Paris Roubaix
S Perryman
> "Anton Berlin" <truth...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ceb66f89-5a0d-460d...@d8g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
> : As a wise man once said "Cycling has gotten cleaner than Kirstie
> : Aleey's dinner plate' and this year's tour - more than anything -
> : sealed the concept that cycling without drugs is just bike riding.
> :
> : With that in mind - what are the greatest dope fueled cycling
> : performances of all time.
> Rominger's hour record. It was just supposed to be a 'test'.
Going from 53.7 to 55.2km/h in under 2 weeks, is spectacular indeed.
And a Ferrari associate too.
If it ever comes out, it would be interesting to know what the
substance regime was in order to make that leap.
> He didn't even have the ultimate bike.
Rominger was one of those like Boardman, supreme body position for TT.
Bike not so important IMHO when tis so.
Indurain OTOH, looked like he was standing up by comparison.
His raw power in road TTs (on inclines, into the wind etc) counted for
nothing in the track env, super bike or not.
Regards,
Steven Perryman
S Perryman
> On Jul 28, 10:45 am, Anton Berlin <truth_88...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> -pantani's '99 giro
Ooh, bad one to choose for Armstrong fanboys.
Jalabert somehow had managed to stay within 5 mins of Pantani on
GC up to that last day in the mountains.
The Jalabert who (throughout his career in general, and 1999 in
particular) , was substance tested so often that Armstrongs
notion of "tested so often" by comparison would look like
having a birthday party.
Regards,
Steven Perryman