Out of the Closet!

Former Tour de France victor Fignon has cancer, undergoing chemotherapy
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – 2 hours ago

PARIS — Two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon says he has advanced cancer in the digestive system and is undergoing chemotherapy.

Fignon announced his illness on Thursday. He says doctors told him the cancer probably wasn't caused by taking performance-enhancing drugs during his career.

Fignon has written a book, "We were Young and Carefree," in which he describes his use of amphetamines and cortisone. The 48-year-old Frenchman won the Tour in 1983 and 1984.


Fignon's admission of drug use doesn't bode well for Lemond either. As much as I hate to say it, he was probably juiced up as well in those days, otherwise he wouldn't have spanked Laurent so handily in several tours.
I will never look at a TDF winner, past or present, without clouded vision.
And to think, I used to have a Systeme U team kit back in the day!