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Yep that. Looking at the list of 70-odd currently sanctioned British athletes, only one is a cyclist and he's a 63 year old in the last year of a 4 year ban for doping in local TTs (finished 95th in the TT he was popped at). Other sports it's a scattering of semi-pro, pro etc athletes. In honesty it's mostly rugby that seems to have a problem.
Interestingly there are two people serving bans from rugby whose names are redacted from the UKAD list.
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there are two people serving bans from rugby whose names are redacted from the UKAD list.
Presumably they're the guys that would've got lighter sentences for providing information on other dopers or doping suppliers, etc.
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CTT doping control gives me the fear that I’ll fail for something unknowingly, whilst being amongst the tail.
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In honesty it's mostly rugby that seems to have a problem.
How many are professional level tho? As far as I understand the pressure is on the younger guys trying to get a professional contract but after that it isn't worth the risk, so most cases are amateur players who are gym steroid ladz?
South Africa seems to have a massive problem at school age levels though which is terrifying.
hippy
GoatandTricycle
Prole.
Because, in contrast with other sports, it's easy to show that the biggest event in the cycling calendar was repeatedly "won" by the use of a large scale and highly effective doping conspiracy. It's easy to speculate on the effect of kickball players' doping on the outcome of matches, but it's much harder to draw a simple linear narrative.