1. https://www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/cyclists-live-longer-a...
One effect of testosterone is to increase red blood cells count, enhancing the oxygen transfer and thus endurance.
(BTW, red wine's quercetin blocks testosterone's drainage by kidneys and indirectly elevates red blood cells count)
The weightlifting also has positive effect on the longevity: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190412085247.h...
To counter your article about cycling: https://www.dw.com/en/michael-goolaerts-death-raises-questio...
And obligatory reference to Marko Pantani: https://crushingiron.com/cycling-is-the-toughest-sport/
He was so fit, he has to cycle several times at night to make his heart go faster and not to die.
The article of yours was not about professional cyclists, more about "cycling fitness" approach. I love cycling - it improves deadlift immensely. But professional cycling is different. Very different. And dangerous.
You don’t hear of cyclists dying in their sleep really of coagulated blood from EPO.
There are some legal pain killers like tramadol and excessive caffeine that you might not do if you are optimizing for health but not sure how detrimental that is long term.
That wasn’t because he was “so fit” was it, but rather from being in the middle of a powerful doping regimen (like all top cyclists were, you simply couldn’t compete otherwise) raising your hemocrit level to the point it could kill you?
Vid about it: https://youtu.be/hT8GZlBBv5k
Does anyone honestly think that international soccer, which is also a sport where athletes would richly benefit from both EPO and steroids, actually has less doping (at least as covered by the press) than cycling, when there is 10x-100x as much money?