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    Quote Originally Posted by Bron View Post
    Alas, they did dope even at the beginning of the 20th century - alcohol and ether to dull the pain were supposedly quite popular (as were other tactics like leaving broken glass on the road to burst opponents' tyres).

    It still makes me very sad - I thought that this was going to be a clean Tour.
    Yeah - I have a history of the tour - It's NEVER been a "clean" tour. Drugs and other methods of cheating have been there since the beginning. The original organizer threatened to cancel it forever many times over the problems. Amphetemines were the drug of choice many years ago. Even the great Eddy Merkx had a suspension over amphetamine use! And think about what would happen today if anyone won all three jerseys (as Eddy did) - no one would believe it was a clean win, no matter how much testing proved it.
    Last edited by Eden; 07-25-2007 at 08:18 AM.
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    Red face sigh...

    Watching the end today (no I won't spoil it) I had to wonder "Is HE clean??" All I can do is pray that my boy Levi is playing by the rules. I really believe he is, but these guys are cracking my trust.. sigh..
    Yeah, I felt like crying yesterday too. And I'm not even really a Vino fan. Just the whole mess!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Running Mommy View Post
    Watching the end today (no I won't spoil it) I had to wonder "Is HE clean??"
    Um. Apparently not...

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