There are two quotations related to doping that have been attributed to Anquetil. I couldn't find the original French so I'll have to go from memory here. I'm sure someone out there has the precise wording...
1) You'd have to be an imbecile or an hypocrite to imagine a professional cyclist who rides 235 days a year can hold himself together without amphetamines.
2) The Tour isn't won on Perrier alone.
By the way, there was a post-Tour criterium (I can't remember which one at the moment) which was so well known for doping that it was called soemthing like "Grand Prix Of The Chargers." Chargers being a reference to stimulants. (Actually, I think that "charger" might refer to the suppositories which were used for administering the stimulants, but that's another story...)
Cheers,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> Keeping it classic...Doping extends WAY back...Anquetil once
> stated that it
> is impossible to see such performances on merely mineral
> water and way back
> during the early Tour years, the racers complained that they
> had to use
> cocaine drops to keep their eyes open due to exhaustion...so
> yeah, it
> extends WAY back! I LOVE reading about the history of racing
> and every time
> I turn around lately, I seek out new books on old racing so
> any
> recommendations would be appreciated.
>
> Walter Skrzypek
> Falls Creek, Pa
> http://www.fixedgearhooligans.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brandon Ives" <brandon@ivycycles.com>
> To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:58 AM
> Subject: [CR]Doping in 1966
>
>
> >A little doping history in the tour is written about at
> cyclingnews.com
> >check out:
> >
>
http://www.cyclingnews.com/
> >
> > One of the things I keep hearing from folks on this list is
> that doping
> > has never been as bad as it it now. Doping of one kind or
> another has
> > been a problem since the invent of sport. People can try
> to keep their
> > blinders on about the history of doping in the sport, but
> by doing so you
> > do an injustice to cycling and its history.
> > best,
> > Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
> > Coeur d'Alene, ID.
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