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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ullrich-hints-again-at-doping-during-career
Interesting Ullrich alluding to the recent brutal stage in T-A and the competition between the Grand Tours and their upping the stakes, meaning more MTFs and fewer, easier sprint stages. This translates greater pressure on the athletes and increases the temptation to dope.
There was an old line from Anquetil railing against doping controls along the lines of if you want exciting racing and the peloton going along fast then let us take the drugs, you want a slow peloton then stop us. Interesting to hear people's reactions to that T-A stage: a lot of praise, a lot of rule no.5 being invoked, a lot of enthusiasm for the racing, yet even the stage designer was saying he got the balance wrong on the parcours. How much is our demand for spectacle, and organiser's need for sponsors and advertising, put bike riders in difficult positions?