Re: Like Steam Trains--Thevenet



Indeed. His career was shortened by damage (kidneys, IIRC) from
steroids.
There was a point in the 1978 Giro where he nearly fell off his bicycle.
My recollection is that the team doctor at Peugeot, whose name I forget,
later moved on to Reynolds in Spain and was there when Delgado tested
positive for gout (probinicid).

I think it may have been a French sports doctor called Bellocq, who was a
proponent of hormonal adjustments. He was widely used within the peloton.
His patients included Lemond and Duclos amongst many others. He died at a
fairly young age of a heart attack during the 1993 Giro. Perhaps Benjo
has
more details?


Did you say LEMOND. Quick call the sports editor of LeMonde and let them
know.


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