The Festina Affair: The Doping Scandal That Changed Sport Forever
About this episode
The episode discusses the Festina Affair, a major doping scandal in cycling that exposed systemic issues within the sport.
Go check out our FREE Skool community, it's got amazing tools in there and a thriving community of cyclists - https://www.skool.com/roadman/about In July 1998, a routine customs stop on a quiet road between Belgium and France cracked open the biggest scandal cycling had ever seen. Inside a team car heading to the Tour de France was enough EPO, testosterone, and syringes to expose a secret the sport had spent years hiding. But the drugs were only the beginning. What followed was chaos: police raids, rider strikes, shattered heroes, and a Tour de France collapsing in real time. The Festina Affair didn’t just expose one team — it revealed an entire system. And the deeper you look, the stranger the story becomes. One of the tools you will have heard Anthony chat about in this podcast is Training Peaks. Without this platform we can't get into the detail required to pricesly train within zones. If you want to go and check out this incredible training tool go to https://bit.ly/4qWyEKK and use ROADMAN – 20% off an annual TrainingPeaks Premium subscription Parlee Cycles "Whether it's a tough…
Topics covered
- doping scandal
- cycling history
- Tour de France
- sports ethics
- EPO
- athlete integrity
Keywords
- Festina Affair
- doping
- cycling
- EPO
- Tour de France
- scandal
- sports history
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