Breaking the Chain - Drugs and Cycling: The True Story

Informationen zum Autor Willy Voet Klappentext 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 included in this graphic and uninhibited account. Zusammenfassung 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 since the death of Tommy Simpson in 1967, finally broke.

Product details

• Authors: Willy Voet, Voet Willy
• Assisted by: William Fotheringham (Translation)
• Publisher: Yellow Jersey
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2002
• EAN: 9780224061179
• ISBN: 978-0-224-06117-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Memoirs, True stories: general, Sporting events and management, Drug Abuse In Sport, Corruption in society, Cycle racing