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The real numbers of doping |
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We have crossed all the Tours of France, Italy and Spain since 1968 with our doping directory . The report is bloody: the doping is not the fact of some bad apples: it is indeed widespread or, at least, it was. In recent years, the improvement is noticeable but it is advisable to remain cautious. This sport cannot abandon this doping culture that easily.
The other ranking is the one you will not see anywhere else. We have removed from the official list all the riders who were, at one time or another of their career or even after, involved in a doping case and appear as such in our directory.
This alternative ranking starts in 1968, the date of the first anti-doping tests.
Victories | Riders |
8 | Lemond Greg |
6 | Nibali Vincenzo |
Sastre Carlos | |
5 | Escartin Fernando |
4 | Beloki Joseba |
Fuente José-manuel | |
Hampsten Andrew | |
Pesarrodona José | |
Quintana Rojas Nairo Alexander | |
3 | De Muynck Johan |
Evans Cadel | |
Kuiper Hennie | |
Lopez-carril Vicente | |
Mancebo Francisco | |
Mauri Melchior | |
Rodriguez Oliver Joaquin | |
Schleck Andy | |
2 | Aru Fabio |
Baronchelli Gianbattista | |
Carapaz Montenegro Richard Anton | |
Chioccioli Franco | |
Dumoulin Tom | |
Galdos Francisco | |
Garate Juan-manuel | |
Giovannetti Marco | |
Guerini Giuseppe | |
Parra Fabio | |
Pettersson Gosta | |
Pino Counago Alvaro | |
Popovych Yaroslav | |
Prim Tommy | |
Rincon Quintana Oliveiro | |
Roche Stephen | |
Roglic Primoz | |
Tamames Agustin | |
Wiggins Bradley | |
1 | Argentin Moreno |
Arroyo Duran David | |
Azevedo José Bento | |
Bardet Romain | |
Beccia Mario | |
Bernal Gomez Egan Arley | |
Bertoglio Fausto | |
Corredor Alvarez Edgar | |
Fuerte Abelenda Anselmo | |
Gabica Francisco | |
Galera Manuel | |
Gandarias Andres | |
Gutierrez José-enrique | |
Herrera Luis | |
Horner Christopher | |
Janssens Edward | |
Johansson Bernt | |
Kloden Andreas | |
Laiseka Jaoi Roberto | |
Lelli Massimiliano | |
Lubberding Henk | |
Luttenberger Peter | |
Marcussen Jorgen | |
Mas Nicolau Enric | |
Mercado Juan Miguel | |
Michelotto Claudio | |
Montoya Alarcon Jesus | |
Nilsson Sven-ake | |
Noe Andrea | |
Panizza Wladimiro | |
Pereiro Oscar | |
Perez Frances José | |
Pingeon René | |
Pistore Roberto | |
Pogacar Tadej | |
Riccomi Walter | |
Rinero Christophe | |
Rodriguez Nelson | |
Rubiera Vigil José-luis | |
Ruiz Cabestany Pello | |
Ruperez Faustino | |
San Miguel Gregorio | |
Thaler Klaus-peter | |
Thomas Geraint | |
Uran Rigoberto | |
Van Den Broeck Jurgen | |
Vandenbossche Martin | |
Willems Daniel | |
Zaina Enrico | |
Zarrabeitia Mikel | |
Zintchenko Andrei | |
Zubeldia Haimar |
At a time when the UCI believes in a "bright future for cycling" (sic), we can be skeptical about the professional cyclist's ability to turn the page on doping. In particular, when many team managers have have been involved in doping scandals in the past. We dissect the organizational charts of the UCI World Tour 2013 teams in search of these bad apples.