Breaking The Chain by Willy Voet

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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.

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Breaking The Chain by Willy Voet

On 8 July 1998 Festina team soigneur was stopped by the police. 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. This title offers an account of how drugs brought cycling to its knees.
A truly horrifying book * Time Out *
The most vivid insight into the realities of a sport in which illegal drug use is not only tolerated, but a mundane fact of life * Observer *
Willy Voet has been involved in cycling at the highest level as a professional cyclist and team masseur for thirty years.
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ISBN 13 9780224061179
ISBN 10 0224061178
Title Breaking The Chain
Author Willy Voet
Series Yellow Jersey Cycling Classics Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Year published 2002-06-06
Number of pages 144
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