Jarry wrote Supermale in 1902 just before the Tour de France was invented. In this book Jarry describes Perpetual Motion Food to help performance in an endurance cycle race of 10000Km.
So even before the tour started drugs were seen as helpful.
He has another one - The crucifixion considered as an uphill bicycle race
At one point in his existence in poverty he cycled the 80 mile return trip from Le Coudray to Paris each day. Used to also race the train.