7 comments

  • carlhjerpe 16 hours ago
    At that level of competition, just keep xraying bikes so it can't become an issue? Drug testing is privacy invasive, having your bike xrayed isn't if you're not cheating.
    • jerlam 15 hours ago
      At the top levels, there isn't much privacy already. In 2007, the GC leader of the Tour was removed from the race because they had lied about their location a month prior. Racers are required to tell UCI, the cycling governing body, their locations in order for doping controls.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rasmussen_(cyclist)#Un...

      • djhn 3 hours ago
        Not just at the elite level either. The whereabouts system has expanded to apply to tens of millions of people, completely outside of any serious national or international legal frameworl.
    • bcraven 13 hours ago
      I understand that thermal imaging cameras can pick up anomalies in the frame where the motors are housed during the race.
  • throwaway81523 14 hours ago
    This is not new and they routinely examine bikes for it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_doping

    Article created in 2016.

  • aeternum 14 hours ago
    It's too obvious to put the motor in the bike. What they should do is embed electromagnets under the road surface to help accelerate certain bikes and decelerate others.
    • SamPatt 12 hours ago
      Aren't the frames mostly carbon fiber now?
  • bookofjoe 16 hours ago
  • jfghi 15 hours ago
    They could examine random bicycles plus those that did extraordinarily well and issue lifetime bans for offending parties.
  • aaronrobinson 15 hours ago
    Motor doping has been around for ages. Nothing new.
  • treetalker 16 hours ago
    Not as far as they can tell!