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The telegraph relays this story of Professor Philippe Moullier about a visit from two cyclists inquiring about his genetic experiments in monkeys.

The pair were working for an anti-doping organisation – or at least that is what they told Moullier – and said they wanted to learn about his research.

“The thing that really surprised me was that when I told them it was just the start of the technology, they told me that the riders would not care,” says Moullier. “They would go for it if they had a chance to be undetectable.

“They said there were kids in the Tour de France who would do anything just to have the most advanced technology. It’s a concern because there are still severe adverse side-effects. We are taking such care before it comes to patients so we are scared to see guys who are ready to use it. It’s terrible.”

“I think the real threat is from scientists and clinicians who decide they want to make money off the athletes to make this available,” says Sweeney.
from the telegraph

If the entire rationale of preventing doping is the preservation of sport, we need to give some thought to what we are preserving.  The incentive system of professional sport, cycling especially, is seriously screwed when cyclists are looking to be geneticly modified for their 10 year racing careers.  When athletic competition becomes more about survival than challenge, it ceases to be sport.  It is war.