Dispensary Corner

PROFESSIONAL cycling has long been the domain of amateur “pharmacists”, with competitors notoriously investing considerable time and effort into learning about various compounds.

This passion for pharmacy is coming to Australian TV screens this weekend as part of a HBO Mockumentary, Tour de Pharmacy, and will air on the Comedy Channel at 8:30pm eastern time.

The 40-minute parody mixes “archival footage” from a fictional 1982 race, airing “interviews” with the participants around the “dopiest year in Le Tour history”.

During the show it is revealed that one rider had a cocktail of EPO, cocaine, anabolic steroids, oxabolone, nandrolone, norethandrolone, furazabol, heroin, oxycodone, MDA, crystal meth and “hormone from monkey testicles”, as he sought to get an edge over the competition.

The airing of the show will conclude just in time for viewers to flick over to SBS and marvel at the feats of the modern peloton!