The Alps are where elite performers stand out (Image: Bogden Cristel/Reuters/Action Images) Power output of a cyclist
HEROICS will be performed this July. The Tour de France lasts 21 days, covers 3600 kilometres and includes 25 lung-busting climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees. Each extraordinary performance in the race will, however, generate suspicion as well as admiration. Allegations of doping have plagued the Tour for so long that any rider who excels now inevitably attracts talk of drug use.
But what if a superhuman performance itself could be used as evidence of doping? That’s the thinking behind a new strategy,…
