The document discusses the prevalence and implications of doping in professional cycling, highlighting its long history and the various methods used by cyclists to enhance performance, such as EPO and blood doping. It outlines specific cases of notable cyclists involved in doping scandals and the broader cultural impact on the sport, including its effects on young athletes. Finally, it notes the legal ramifications and the ongoing challenges in combating doping in cycling and other sports.

1. Doping In Pro Cycling:
What it is and why it matters
Mike Moore
December 14, 2012

2. About Pro Cycling
 Different disciplines
 Different kinds of races
 The Peloton, the Team and
the Individual
 Money & Culture
 Results Orientation

3. Doping in cycling
 Long history in the sport
 Not effective or safe

4. Doping in cycling
 “Preparation”
 Directors, Doctors &
Trainers
 One day races
 Stage races
 Testing

5. Effectiveness
 Three rules of
competitive cycling

6. Effectiveness
 EPO: adds red blood cells
 Raises performance by 5-15%
 Makes you able to climb faster
 Testosterone: builds lean muscle and aids in
recovery from hard efforts
 Enables significantly harder and longer training
 Blood doping: adds more red blood cells and
reduced perception of effort
 Immediate recovery and >4% added endurance

7. Examples
 1996: Jonathan Vaughters, EPOed up, sets record
for climb up Mt. Ventoux; never wins another
mountain stage
 1999: Lance Armstrong wins his first TdF by 7:37, a
time difference of 1.3%; later testing reveals 6
positives for EPO
 2001: Tyler Hamilton rides TdF clean and finishes
94th. In 2002 Giro, EPOed up, finishes 2nd.
 2006: Floyd Landis, after blood doping, rides away
from the field, setting stage for TdF “win”
 And many many more….

8. Avoiding getting caught
 Dodge the testers
 Dilution
 EPO Micro-dosing and intravenous injection
 Autologous blood doping
 Phony therapeutic use exemptions
 All of these worked until the implementation of the
Blood Passport and Whereabouts Controls

9. USADA vs. USPS
 Originated in USPS Fraud investigation
 The charges:
 Use/attempted use of banned substances
 Possession & Trafficking
 Conspiracy & Intimidation
 Aggravated Charges
 From Aug. 1 1998 until the present
 Tons of evidence
 Not just Lance...

10. Why it matters
 Trickles down to young & amateur athletes
 Techniques mastered in cycling are being
used in other sports
 Distorts and corrupts
 Not all cyclists doped – not a victimless crime

11. Just some of the victims

12. Since December….
 Team Sky sackings
 Rabobank admits to organized team doping
 Numerous sponsors drop cycling
 Many other cyclists outed
 Oprah!
 Qui Tam lawsuit
 Operation Puerto trial

13. Questions?
Want to learn more?
Lance Armstrong’s War by Daniel Coyle
The Secret Race: Tyler Hamilton & Daniel Coyle
USADA.org: Reasoned Decision
mike_moore@earthlink.net