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Andreu on the dawn of the era of doping in pro cycling in the late 1990's:
“60 Minutes” also released an excerpt from another Armstrong teammate, Frankie Andreu, who said he took banned substances because lesser riders he believed were doping were passing him during races.
“Things were just getting faster and faster and sprinters were getting over the big mountains and winning, you know, climbing stages,” Andreu said in the interview. “There’s 200 guys flying over these mountains and you can’t even stay in the group. And it’s just impossible to keep up. And it’s like, ‘What the hell’s going on here?”’
Similar to what LeMond & Hampsten said too. LeMond was suddenly getting dropped by previous year's mid-pack wannabes