The Tour de France and the doping issue

A study of the history of doping from the early trial-and-error recipes to the more recent medicalisation and transformation of substances that appear to have been taken by various riders or teams. Examines attempts to control doping and its most notorious "affaires". Unpicks the politics...

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Published inInternational journal of the history of sport Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 227 - 245
Main Author Mignon, Patrick
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.2003
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Subjects
Attitudes
Bicycles
Competition
Doping
Drug use
France
History
Humanities and Social Sciences
Law
Popular culture
Racing
Sociology of sport
Sport
Sport heath
Cycling
Doping
Tour de France
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Summary:A study of the history of doping from the early trial-and-error recipes to the more recent medicalisation and transformation of substances that appear to have been taken by various riders or teams. Examines attempts to control doping and its most notorious "affaires". Unpicks the politics and ethics of performance enhancement in general, and analyses the peloton's subculture of attitudes to doping, and fans' views of the place of drugs in sport. (Original abstract - amended)
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ISSN:0952-3367
1743-9035
DOI:10.1080/09523360412331305703