Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport has described a motor hidden in the seat tube and bottom bracket as ‘old doping’ suggesting that special wheels, able to produce 20-60 watts via electromagnetics and costing 200,000 Euro, are the most sophisticated form of mechanical doping currently in use in cycling.
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UCI investigates possible bike fraud at cyclo-cross Worlds
UCI confirms motorised doping uncovered at cyclo-cross World Championships
Femke Van den Driessche denies using motor at cyclo-cross World Championships
Wilier Triestina to take legal action after motor found in bike at cyclo-cross Worlds
The UCI confirmed during the cyclo-cross World Championships in Zolder this weekend that they had discovered the first ever case of ‘technological fraud’. The 19-year-old Belgian Femke Van den Driessche claimed that the bike belonged to a friend and had been mistakenly prepared, and taken to the race pits by her mechanic.
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