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  • Etape du Tour insisted on a medical certificate to ride a few mountains in a day. Rumour has it they were bombarded with thousands of fakes every year.

  • They'd be better off getting certificates indicating riders knew how to unclip from their pedals.

  • Rumour has it they were bombarded with thousands of fakes every year.

    They probably won't care. Someone gives them a fake and tries to claim on their insurance and they can reject it. It's like lots of continental paperwork; there to tick a box not to DO anything.

  • When I did the Marmotte for the first time, the guy running the trip only told me I needed a GP certificate as we were arriving in Alpe d'Huez. Luckily I had a Nokia 9210 and created a fake letter which I then faxed to the fax machine in the place we were picking up the bedding and towels from.

    The person on the registration desk barely glanced at it.

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