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Voet, Willy

 
9780224060561: Breaking the Chain: Drugs and Cycling - The True Story
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0224060562 ISBN 13 : 9780224060561
Editeur : Yellow Jersey Press, 2001

Synopsis

Written by an author who is close to the centre of the sport, this book discusses the revelations claiming drug abuse amongst participants in the 1998 "Tour de France" and reveals how close the sport was to being totally destroyed.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

On 8 July 1998 Festina team soigneur Willy Voet was stopped by the police. In his car were the drugs the team needed if they were to have any chance of playing a competitive part in the 1998 Tour de France. The car was searched, he was immediately arrested and so the story that has been undermining the sport of cycling for over 30 years, was at last exposed. Cocaine, amphetamines, EPO, heroin - all these are now considered not optional but necessary, not to win but just to compete in the Tour de France. Details of how these drugs are obtained, mixed together to make cocktails, administered and concealed are all included in this graphic and uninhibited account.

Revue de presse

"A truly horrifying book" (Time Out)

"The most vivid insight into the realities of a sport in which illegal drug use is not only tolerated, but a mundane fact of life" (Observer)

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Éditeur
Yellow Jersey Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0224060562
ISBN 13 
9780224060561
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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