An alternative approach to the prevention of doping in cycling

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serval:BIB_27F11EC8BEDA
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
An alternative approach to the prevention of doping in cycling
Journal
International Journal of Drug Policy
Author(s)
Aubel O., Ohl F.
ISSN
1873-4758
ISSN-L
0955-3959
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2014
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
25
Number
6
Pages
1094-1102
Language
english
Abstract
The article proposes an alternative approach to policies for preventing doping in cycling, based on in-depth analysis of the functioning of nine of the 40 world professional teams and the careers of the 2,351 riders who were or have been professionals since 2005.
The first part shows that the instruments of prevention have been based on a questionable understanding of doping as an individual moral fault, and have not produced the expected results. The second part proposes to analyse the ways in which teams and riders produce their achievments, so as to put forward an alternative to the anti-doping policies used hitherto, which have little impact on riders. The study shows that it is more pertinent to examine the forms of employment and the business models, because these have important effects on cycling professionals' conditions of work. It makes it possible to identify three dimensions of the risk of doping on which organisations can act in their antidoping policies: team organisation, riders' preparation and workload, and the precarity of employment.
Keywords
Doping, Cycling, Sociology, Prevention, Organisation, Socialisation
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