thebikeboy wrote:But in what
But in what era, up until possibly now, has the clean rider had a chance of competing with the doper, unless he also enjoyed some sort of natural physiological advantage that set him apart from his peers?
I can’t remember the source, but I’m sure I do remember an article giving the relative performance gains of Amphetmines and rEPO – the feeling in that piece at least was that a good rider on a good day had a chance in the pre-epo era, he simply didn’t with a peloton where rEPO doping was widespread, the performance gains from the latter being so significant.