Originally Posted by CrossChain
I find it stirring to see those old sepia toned photos of long dead TdF greats and consider what they did with outmoded equipment and training practices and not much more chemical boost that adrenaline and caffeine.
What was it, the second year of the Tour that riders got caught hopping trains for shortcuts, and a decade later that the three top riders were disqualified for hopping cars during the mountainous night stages? And we won't even get into the cocaine use...
Yeah, things were better in the old days...
Az