Thermal cameras to detect mechanical doping spotted mid-stage - Tour de France Shorts
Souvenir Jacques Goddet to be decided on stage 8, Etixx-Q🐽uick St🌞ep Fan Villages, Stage 7 video highlights
The UCI have carried out thousands of the bike checks across the 2016 season with its tablet device to test for magnetic resonance in order to identify any possible use of mechanical doping. On stage 7 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, thermal cameras were seen being used by UCI Officials on the back of motorbikes to test for any possible case of riders usᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚing engines.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:On the eve of the 2016 Tour, Thierry Braillard, the Minister of State for Sport, who was joined by UCI 𝔉President Brian Cookson, Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme and French Cycling Federation Presiden♓t David Lappartient, announced that Thermal cameras would be used at the French grand tour in conjunction with the UCI's own magnetic resonance screening.
The thermal camera's were spotted during the Tour's stage 7 from L'Isle-Jourdain to Lac de Payolle, 16𝓀8澳洲5最新开奖结果:won by Dimꦇension Data's Steve Cummings, on the Col du Aspin.
"This test proved tꦗotally negative. There wilꦓl be others, but we won't reveal the time and place," Braillard said.
It appears the UC🍃I were us🌼ing the one of the FLIR TG Spot Thermal Camera models.
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Former riders 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paolo Bettini, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giani Bugno and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Greg LeMond have all called 𓃲on the UCI to introduce thermal cameras or 'heat guns' to detect any use possible use of mechanicaܫl doping.
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You need a thermal heat gun, you can use it in the race. It can see from metres away if there a difference in the heat in the bottom bracket. I'd recommend that to the UCI," LeMond told Cyclingnews and Gazzetta dello Sport at last year's Giro d'Italia.
Souvenir Jacques Goddet to be decided on Col du Tourmalet
In 2016, the Souvenir Jacques Goddet will decided on stage 9 as the peloton tackles the Col du Tourmalet. The 2,115m Pyrenean climb was one of the first mountain passes to be introduced to the Tour de France back in 1910 and has been a regular feature of the race ever since. The prize is named after Jacques Goddet, who was the Tour de France race director between 1936 to 19🅠87.
Tinkoff's Rafal Majka woಌn the €5000 prize last year on his way to stage 11 victory into Cautrets. Since it's introduction in 2001, French riders have dominated the prize taking seven wins but there is yet 🉐to be a repeat winner.
Christian Prudhomme, Bernard Hinault and Bernard Thévenet will all pay their respects to the founder of L'Equipe and the Tour's second race director at the monum꧋ent erected on the Tourmalet where th🍬ey will lay a wreath.
Etixx-Quick Step Fan Villages
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Etixx-Quick Step are inviting its fans to join them along the Tour de France parcours in 2016, ere𝔉cting 'Fan Villages' in co-operation with Kookeiland. The first 'Fan💦 Village' was erected on stage 1, and has also been available for the fans on stage 2 and stage 6.
Fan's can enjoy the hospitality put on by the team, for €10, this coming weekend on Saturday in Bagnères-de-Luchon, and the rest day on Monday in Andorra. There will also be opportunities on stages 1🧔1, 13,♛ and 15.
To re🌌gister for a day in the Etixx-Quick Step fan village,
