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<blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 1961161" data-attributes="member: 277"><p>Perhaps that was true while he was fighting cancer, but it wasn't the case near the end of his career nor are we talking about 'treatments'. Taking a transfusion of your own blood at the time in a race where it will give you the most benefit wasn't to treat his cancer.</p><p></p><p>Doping in cycling wasn't meant to make you bigger or even faster. The biggest benefit were to riders in the long stage races. Reintroducing blood back into a rider's system at the end of a stage race, say around the start of the third week, was designed to make them able to push harder and recover quicker. The transfusion wouldn't do anyone good at the end of the race or between races. They needed the benefit during the tours, which is why lots of the evidence talks about secret hotel rooms on off days and why some riders have died from mishandled blood bags.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donner, post: 1961161, member: 277"] Perhaps that was true while he was fighting cancer, but it wasn't the case near the end of his career nor are we talking about 'treatments'. Taking a transfusion of your own blood at the time in a race where it will give you the most benefit wasn't to treat his cancer. Doping in cycling wasn't meant to make you bigger or even faster. The biggest benefit were to riders in the long stage races. Reintroducing blood back into a rider's system at the end of a stage race, say around the start of the third week, was designed to make them able to push harder and recover quicker. The transfusion wouldn't do anyone good at the end of the race or between races. They needed the benefit during the tours, which is why lots of the evidence talks about secret hotel rooms on off days and why some riders have died from mishandled blood bags. [/QUOTE]
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