Tour De France Winners Doping Chart
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Tour de france winners doping chart. Organisers of the tour de france amaury sport organisation aso have revealed the route of the 2020 tour de france at the palais des congrès in paris on tuesday october 15. Even so the tour de france in 1924 was no picnic. The chart was updated on oct.
An early version of the chart above was missing alberto contador as the fifth place finisher in the 2011 tour. This chart shows which tour de france winners of the past 20 years have a doping history. More importantly for lance armstrong during the 7 year window when he won every tour de france 1999 2005 87 of the top 10 finishers 61 of 70 were confirmed dopers or suspected of doping.
Pierre dumas was the first doctor to campaign for the testing and suppression of doping both within cycling and then at international level at the olympic games. The chart below indicates that armstrong may have a point about the ped usage in the tour de france. Areppim chart of average speeds of the tour de france since 1903 the average speed reached by the winners of the tour de france increased by 53 9 since the first race in 1903 through 2016.
10 2012 to reflect admissions by christian vande velde and tom danielson revealed in the united states anti doping agency report on lance armstrong s doping offenses. From 1998 to 2012 about 44 percent of the top 10 finishers of the tour de france were using. See doping at the tour de france the convicts of the road.
This means an average speed increase rate of 0 42 each tour. Even so the tour de france in 1924 was no picnic 1950s 1960s. Dumas came to the tour de france in 1952 when the original doctor pulled out.
