After a century of pump themselves full of all sorts of performance - enhance ( and other ! ) drugs , it appear that at least one pro cyclist has found an easy way to cheat : obscure a motor inside the bike frame .
The Union Cycliste International ( UCI ) , cycling ’s regularize body , confirmed reports today that it found a mechanised bicycle being used by one of the competitor in the cyclocross World Championships on Saturday . The rider was Femke Van den Driessche , a 19 - year - old Belgian cyclocross mavin .
In a press league today , UCI President Brian Cookson only corroborate the universe of a motor : “ It is no secret that a motor was found … we believe that it was indeed technological doping . ”
consort to a newspaper report , the UCI used some form of radio - frequence - find tablet to examine the bike , before removing the bottom bracket , and happen a motor hidden inwardly .
It ’s a big day for cycling : the sport has magnificently had its problems with cheating , and ‘ technological doping ’ has been an urban legend for age . With electric bike tech advancing fast , and the margins in route hotfoot so besotted , people have beenaccused for years , although nothing’sever come closeto being proven .
For her part , Van den Driessche saysthe bike belonged to a friend , and erroneously found its way into her backwash - daytime bike lineup . The UCI will be investigating thoroughly , but whether it reverse out to be an innocent mistake or not , it ’s clear that mechanical doping is a real thing now .
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