UCI checks 90 bikes for mechanical doping at La Méditerranéenne
No motors detected, says sport's governing body



The UCI confirmed Friday that it carried out unannounced bike checks at the start of stage 2 at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:La Méditerranéenne and that no 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:mechanical doping wa🌜s detected. The sport governing body checked 90 bikes from six teams for concealed motors, it stated in a press release.
Reporters from the Directvelo.com website initially 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:spotted UCIꦛ officials carrying out ꦗthe checks before the start of the stage in the holiday town of Banyuls-sur-Mer. And the UCI later confirmed it had checke🌜d a large number of bikes.
According to the statement from the UCI, it used the same type of equipment that the UCI trialled at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, to check💖 the 90 bikes at La Méditerranéenne.
That test, which appeared to use a blue tablet detector, found a concealed motor inside a bike alleged belonging to Fem✨ke Van den Driessche during the under-23 women’s race. She denied that the bike was hers, saying that it belonged ⭕to a friend, Nico Van Muylder.
Van Muylder later 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:claimed ownership of the bike. The case has been referred to 𓄧the UCI’s independent Disciplinary Commission.
“This equipment enables those performing the tests to investigate large numbers of bikes, both💝 frames and wheels, in a short period of time,” the UCI stated.
“The UCI has invested considerable time and financial resources in this area and trialling new methods of detection is part of its commitment to ensuring its te🌌sts arꦚe as robust as possible. Intelligence has also been gained from active engagement with the industry and other information given to us, which has enabled us to refine and improve our testing.”
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The U💝CI said it will continue to test large numbers of bikes in “unannounced tests in all disciplines throughout 2016 an෴d beyone.”