Doping

Most problematic, says O’Donnell, was that for most of her team-mates and competitors, having an eating disorder actually paid off, and was in effect a “legal version of doping” encouraged by the men around them. “The same team-mate, she reached her goal weight, won her national championships, got a bonus from her federation and climbed amazingly at the Giro. She was an awful, miserable mess, but for her the ends justified the means.”

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jun/02/bridie-odonnell-cyclings-power-imbalance-is-extremely-apparent