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> Armstrong and Bruyneel orchestrated the first scientifically organized, methodical, rigorous doping program Maybe in cycling, it was the first, maybe. State
by Ensorceled 9y ago
> Armstrong and Bruyneel orchestrated the first scientifically organized, methodical, rigorous doping program
Maybe in cycling, it was the first, maybe. State actors have been running these types of doping programs at the Olympic level for a long time.
- walrus01 9y agoThe main difference is that the Olympics is a short event. The European continental cycling season is long and has a great number of events, from the early spring classics into the fall. The UCI protour teams were organized very differently than a country's national olympic committee's team. I'm not saying that a great deal of doping didn't exist before the US Postal system made a systematical scientific practice out of it. The 1990s was rife with doping but on a more individual level. What Armstrong and Bruyneel did was organize it, protect it, engage their own scientific analysis resources to find ways to get around in-event and outside-of-competition doping controls, etc. And then bully, lie to, threaten both their own teammates and everyone outside of their inner circle. More info on the team director for US Postal/Discovery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Bruyneel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Bruyneel