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01-17-13, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by gsteinb

It can be done clean. It just needs to be done slower.

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Originally Posted by Gluteus

I was a spectator at the Tour of Utah last year. The first stage was about 125 miles, with >95 degrees heat and 9,000 feet elevation gain. It was hard just to wait by the finish line to watch. And it was just the first day!

PEDs have been part of the sport for a very long time (1903, at the beginning of The Tour de France) among other reasons, because it's so ridiculously hard.

I road the US Pro Challenge course this year, with most days like the day you decribe in the Tour of Utah.

There's no way you need PED's to finish races like that.

Finishing them at the speed the Pro'd did in the EPO era is another issue.

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