Dirtiest Rider

[euroking]

Who was the dirtiest rider in the history of cycling past or present?

 

[Catwhoorg]

Lance Armstrong

 

[euroking]

i should have said outside of LA smh lol

 

[burning]

Does it matter?

 

[the sceptic]

Froome, Riis, LA

 

[hrotha]

Pascal Herve

(CN having diacritical trouble again it seems)

 

[blackcat]

Pascal Herve

(CN having diacritical trouble again it seems)

hincapie

 

[Afrank]

The guys on the Gewiss team, these guys specifically- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

A poll is needed.

 

[Cookster15]

My votes are Riis 1996 or else LA.

Notable mention: Evgeni Berzin (Gewiss).

Note sure about Froome until he does a sub 39 min AdH or something similar. But then again its amazing what marginal gains have done since 2011.

I don't rate Pantani as amongst the dirtiest as the peloton in the 1998 "Festina" TdF didn't seem too upset by Marco. They were only upset about police raids and being treated like criminals. During one of the protests late in the Alps (Aix-les-Bains) the riders interviewed seemed to accept Marco would win and were comfortable with that fact. That suggested to me they knew Pantani wasn't on anything more than they were - even if that was a 60% HCT

 

[The Hitch]

Don't know, but I think big mig is a shout.

 

[thehog]

Froome and Porte.

Absurd.

 

[TailWindHome]

Dirty beast

 

[ToreBear]

Who was the dirtiest rider in the history of cycling past or present?

Cycling has a long history with dirty.

It depends what you are looking for? The ones who took the most drugs? Worse drugs? More effective drugs?

Strychnine seems quite nasty. How about Nitroglycerine? Or chloroform?

There is just so much to choose from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_doping_cases_in_cycling

 

[MarkvW]

Tom Simpson. Dirt, yeah. Lots of dirt.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

Berzin

Riis

Big Mig

Pantani

LA

Froome

edit: forgot to add those Dirty Russians from "Breaking Away"

 

[sniper]

Wiggins.
From 1998 to present.
That's almost 17 years of doping. Probably a record.

 

[euroking]

The guys on the Gewiss team, these guys specifically- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3rZphEtzSM

A poll is needed.

A poll you say?

 

[del1962]

Ricco,
Riis,
Rasmussen,
Lance,
Pantani

There are a few to start with.

But probably the Hog (hence his nickname)

 

[Dr. Juice]

When you look at the testimony of Jesus Manzano...it's pure luck that everyone from Kelme is still alive.

Although Armstrong was on the same level...he wasn't filled up with outright dangerous stuff. Best stuff + best doc.
There are so many riders and teams who were full of sh!t...

I'd say the Kelme riders or Rasmussen - that guy was ready to do anything. Mindset is important.

People say Ricc? but as far as we know he used bloodbags....EPO...pretty standard.

 

[thehog]

When you look at the testimony of Jesus Manzano...it's pure luck that everyone from Kelme is still alive.

Although Armstrong was on the same level...he wasn't filled up with outright dangerous stuff. Best stuff + best doc.
There are so many riders and teams who were full of sh!t...

I'd say the Kelme riders or Rasmussen - that guy was ready to do anything. Mindset is important.

People say Ricc? but as far as we know he used bloodbags....EPO...pretty standard.

Agreed. The best marginal gain Sky have brought is doping with the proper medical care. See the use of Horse steroids.

Manzano took a bloodbag that had been sitting in the midday sun which might not have been his. Think he injected plasma from a dog as well.

 

[D-Queued]

i should have said outside of LA smh lol

He isn't qualified anyways.

He takes 20min showers before any dope test.

Clean, clean, clean.

Dave.

 

[King Boonen]

Alberto Contador Velasco.

 

[hrotha]

Thread is dirtiest, not winningest. LA, AC and what have you have absolutely nothing on the likes of Herve.

Try Hamburger, or Gaumont, or Bruylandts, or someone along those lines. They might come sorta close.

 

[veganrob]

Pot Belge

What about the guys doing the pot belge cocktails. Gotta be brave do do that ***.

 

[Tournesol]

When you look at the testimony of Jesus Manzano...it's pure luck that everyone from Kelme is still alive.

Although Armstrong was on the same level...he wasn't filled up with outright dangerous stuff. Best stuff + best doc.
There are so many riders and teams who were full of sh!t...

I'd say the Kelme riders or Rasmussen - that guy was ready to do anything. Mindset is important.

People say Ricc? but as far as we know he used bloodbags....EPO...pretty standard.

Kelme riders definitely,at the absolute extreme end of the dirty spectrum.