some of the info on there is interesting, but they seem to think nearly everyone is a doper

What's the most lightweight form of doping out there? I figure epo and blood transfusions would add all this extra mass from the additional red blood cells, but a little T or HGH cream shouldn't add too much to the overall mass.

^^^ I think it's limb doping. It's rife in the disabled olympics - carbon fibre legs everywhere.

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I hear breathing harder is pretty a light weight form of doping and it's an unfair advantage if you can breath more than others

That would be simple to deduce. For example a person that was not genetically gifted outputs 300W peak power for 10 minutes. They then take EPO and increase their performance by 15%. The usual gain is 10-15% in most cases. So a 15% increase will result in a 345W output. An athlete that is genetically predisposed will naturally output 400W - 500W for the same 10 minutes without EPO. We are not taking into account rider weight. This is just a number example.
The link below explains it better.

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2007/11 ... e-who.html

also this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHU7qBZSsfk

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Sometimes I wish there weren't any bike races. This is one of the reasons. Each and every year we need to tell you that we don't want a doping duscussion. We already had a few and they didn't end up well either.

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