Blog post on Obree, about drugs.

[Mike Sales]

I guess anyone who has read Obree's book knows this, but he was very frank on the drugs culture he found when he turned professional.

“First time I go to meet the Groupement team, I’m in Belgium and a fellow rider is saying ‘Hey, what [drugs] did you use for the hour record?’ And I’m like, ‘Nothing’. And he’s looking me up and down. The guy had no respect for me. It was an Italian guy. ‘What did you use’, he says again. ‘Nothing’. And he goes ‘Amatore’. Amateur. I’ll never forget that. He turned on his heels and walked away in disgust,”

This blogpost is worth looking at.

http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/6371/cycling/graeme-obree-on-doping-and-the-uci/

[Penfold]

Great link....Obree is to cycling what Boris Johnson is to the Conservative party....Mad as a fish, but tells it like it is.

Utmost respect for Obree with his truthfulness and openness he is a British treasure.