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Most professional athletes are doing everything they can to get ahead, and cycling is no exception. That said, there are pretty amazing stories about cyclists
by chickenbane 10y ago
Most professional athletes are doing everything they can to get ahead, and cycling is no exception.
That said, there are pretty amazing stories about cyclists cheating - perhaps because the sport is so grueling that small advantages can really translate to substantial gains. One of my favorites for the Tour de France was cyclists being pulled by cars attached by fishing line to a piece of cork held in the mouth!
- qb45 10y agoWTF? Who did that and when?
- freehunter 10y agoI'm not really finding any primary sources, but there is a lot of unsourced blogs talking about it. Allegedly it was Hippolyte Aucouturier in the 1904 Tour de France, which apparently was so rife with cheating that it almost got canceled. http://www.bikeroar.com/articles/the-4-greatest-bicycle-cheats-in-history http://www.bikeroar.com/articles/the-4-greatest-bicycle-chea...
- qb45 10y agoOh, OK. I was imagining something like that happening more recently and couldn't quite believe it.