Tour de France – Doping: “I was full of EPO to the eyes!” A former winner of the Tour confides without filter on his past of dopé

His name returned to the mouths a few weeks ago. Furthermore, on the heights of the Hautacam during the 12th stage of the Tour de France 2025. Meanwhile, Holder of the fastest ascent. the Danish Bjarne Riis, winner of the 1996 Tour de France, was not far from losing his record. With a time of 35’07 “, Tadej Pogacar approached less than 30 seconds (34’38”). A performance that had added water to the gas concerning the Slovenian runner when you know that Bjarne Riis. admitted to having tour de france – doping: doped during his career.

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“I was full of EPO to the eyes. I was boosted to the eyes when I won the Tour. ” he recently said during an intervention in a sports forum in Copenhagen, as Sport reports. The 61 -year -old man. winner of 4 stages on the big loop and two on the Vuelta, above all said that he did not regret this illicit socket. “I was completely doped. I knew what I was doing. I have no regrets, because it was part of this time and a system that we all accepted in silence.”