Here's a pretty good one from 20 years ago on cycling: In this world, the dunces and losers are those who rely on their clean physiques. Voet cites the case of

Here's a pretty good one from 20 years ago on cycling: In this world, the dunces and losers are those who rely on their clean physiques. Voet cites the case of Charly Mottet, a top French rider of the eighties and nineties, who came to the RMO team, where amazement was expressed that “the bloke was clean.” Mottet had, in many people’s view, the talent to win the Tour, but Voet recognized that he lacked “the wherewithal to make it happen.” In other words, he refused the tempting pharmacopoeia. Mottet was known for his weakness over the final third of the Tour, and the soigneur’s conclusion is as sad as it is hypocritical: “Yes indeed, Charly never had the career that he deserved.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/08/21/the-hardest-test https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/08/21/the-hardest-te... It ends up inevitably being about Lance Armstrong. This was 10 years before he owned up to doping.