Three years ago Cycling News published a brief series of articles I wrote on what was then known about the use of blood transfusions in cycling.
Part 1 - Nencini and Anquetil to Zoetemelk
Part 2 - Moser and LA 84 to Roger de Vlaeminck
Part 3 - PDM to Riis
They have been referenced time to time in other threads where proper discussion of them is not always possible without going off topic.
If anybody wants to correct any errors that appear in those articles, feel free to do so here. They were written and published in an attempt to put some shape on the existing knowledge. They should not contribute further errors to the subject.
If anybody wants to add new research, stories that have appeared since those articles were published or stories that didn't make the cut when those articles were written, feel free to do so here. There is only so much that can be said in three relatively brief articles.
If anybody wants to go into greater detail on any of the issues touched on in those articles, feel free to do so here. This is particularly true of the research into the manipulation of blood and identifying its proper starting point.
Perhaps collectively we can present a clearer picture of when transfusions came into use, how when and where they were in use at the height of their popularity, and when they came back into favour after being overtaken by EPO and related drugs. We might also bust a few myths along the way.
Part 1 - Nencini and Anquetil to Zoetemelk
Part 2 - Moser and LA 84 to Roger de Vlaeminck
Part 3 - PDM to Riis
They have been referenced time to time in other threads where proper discussion of them is not always possible without going off topic.
If anybody wants to correct any errors that appear in those articles, feel free to do so here. They were written and published in an attempt to put some shape on the existing knowledge. They should not contribute further errors to the subject.
If anybody wants to add new research, stories that have appeared since those articles were published or stories that didn't make the cut when those articles were written, feel free to do so here. There is only so much that can be said in three relatively brief articles.
If anybody wants to go into greater detail on any of the issues touched on in those articles, feel free to do so here. This is particularly true of the research into the manipulation of blood and identifying its proper starting point.
Perhaps collectively we can present a clearer picture of when transfusions came into use, how when and where they were in use at the height of their popularity, and when they came back into favour after being overtaken by EPO and related drugs. We might also bust a few myths along the way.