Drugs still widespread in cycling, says report

One cycling professional claims that 90% of the peloton continues to take performance-enhancing drugs

Lance Armstrong was involved in the biggest doping scandal in cycling history
Lance Armstrong was involved in the biggest doping scandal in cycling history
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A report released today claims that cycling is still riddled with doping and delivers a savage blow to the sport's leadership during the Lance Armstrong years. The authors of the 227-page report, commissioned by the Cycling Independent Reform Commission (Circ), interviewed 174 anti-doping experts, officials, riders and other figures within the sport.

The purpose was to discover how cycling became synonymous with drug-taking during the late 1990s and early 2000s, culminating in Armstrong's dramatic confession two years ago in which the seven-times Tour de France champion admitted his career was constructed on systematic drug-taking.

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