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- ↑ Roger Legeay at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ↑ Cycling Fans - Database of Doping - Legeay, Roger [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Brown, Gregor (16 November 2012). "Roger Legeay's MPCC is gaining momentum in the wake of the Armstrong Affair". VeloNews . Retrieved 18 October 2014.
