But in what era, up until
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?
Anquetil pretty much came out and said that doping was the professional thing to do, and going back a generation earlier isn’t the story that Coppi and Bartali(?) once decided to ride the mountain stage of a grand tour without taking drugs to see what it was like and then afterwards both vowed to one another never to do anything that stupid again!
One thing people often forget is that pre-1964 amphetamines weren’t even illegal