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The genesis and effect of French anti-doping policies in cycling
Authors: Christophe Brissonneaua; Fabien Ohlb
Affiliations: a Centre de Recherche Sens Ethique Socit (UMR 8137), CNRS-Universit Paris Descartes, France
b Facult des SSP - ISSEP, Universit de Lausanne, Switzerland
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excerpt~
Method
Because of the attacks on professional cycling, on one hand, and the normality of doping in the cycling peloton, on the other, it was possible, after the Festina affair in 1998, to gain access to discourse on professional cyclists' practices and mentality. After being caught or with new doping scandals, many have testified about their experiences, anonymously or otherwise, in publications, before the courts or to journalists. Though people spoke more freely from 1998 to 2003, the resulting material was not always suitable for sociological analysis. Therefore, we chose to meet with French cyclists to conduct first-hand interviews. There is no sample method that can be easily applied for all the cases and periods. Usually, it is not easy to find cyclists who are willing to speak to sociologists. Thus any professional cyclist who was willing to speak was included in the sample of 20 persons who were professionals between 1960 and 2000 and who had taken drugs. Among them, four had officially tested positive and the 16 others had taken drugs without being caught by anti-doping officials. We got in touch with them by using a snowball technique in our sporting and cycling networks, and also through our knowledge of the networks and the cyclists willing to speak to us. We focused on their careers between 18 and 22 years of age. We structured our interviews with a guide but allowed the cyclists to speak using a very comprehensive technique. The guide was simply used as the main framework but we were very attentive to emerging topics.
Authors: Christophe Brissonneaua; Fabien Ohlb
Affiliations: a Centre de Recherche Sens Ethique Socit (UMR 8137), CNRS-Universit Paris Descartes, France
b Facult des SSP - ISSEP, Universit de Lausanne, Switzerland
If posted before, my apologies ~
excerpt~
Method
Because of the attacks on professional cycling, on one hand, and the normality of doping in the cycling peloton, on the other, it was possible, after the Festina affair in 1998, to gain access to discourse on professional cyclists' practices and mentality. After being caught or with new doping scandals, many have testified about their experiences, anonymously or otherwise, in publications, before the courts or to journalists. Though people spoke more freely from 1998 to 2003, the resulting material was not always suitable for sociological analysis. Therefore, we chose to meet with French cyclists to conduct first-hand interviews. There is no sample method that can be easily applied for all the cases and periods. Usually, it is not easy to find cyclists who are willing to speak to sociologists. Thus any professional cyclist who was willing to speak was included in the sample of 20 persons who were professionals between 1960 and 2000 and who had taken drugs. Among them, four had officially tested positive and the 16 others had taken drugs without being caught by anti-doping officials. We got in touch with them by using a snowball technique in our sporting and cycling networks, and also through our knowledge of the networks and the cyclists willing to speak to us. We focused on their careers between 18 and 22 years of age. We structured our interviews with a guide but allowed the cyclists to speak using a very comprehensive technique. The guide was simply used as the main framework but we were very attentive to emerging topics.
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