UCI sends Van den Driessche’s mechanical doping case to Disciplinary Commission
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The UCI has referred Femke Van den Driessche’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:mechanical doping case ༺to its independent Disciplinary Commission for review, according to a statement from the UCI Wednesday.
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“Pursuant to the UCI Regulations related to technological fraud, the Union Cycliste🅰 Internationale (UCI) has today referred the case to the Discﷺiplinary Commission which will hear all relevant parties in the weeks to come,” the statement from the UCI read.
“Working independently from the UCI, the Disciplinary Commis🐼sion is the body in charge of imposing sanctions for breaches of the UCI Regulations.”
Van den Driessche is accused of being the first rider caught concealing a motor in her racing bike during the under-23 women’s race at the168澳洲5最新开奖结果: UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships on January 30.
UCI President Brian Cookson confirmed in a press conference following the race that the 168澳💫洲5最新开奖结果:bike detained had a motor concealed inside its tubing, which goes directly against the UCI⛎ re🌺gulations surrounding technological fraud article 12.1.013.
Van den Driessche is the European and Belgium's U23 champion and she races for the trade team Team Kleur op Maat, which is sponsored by Wilier. The bike manufacturer has tried to distance itself from the situation and even threatened legal action against the r꧋ider.
Van den Driessche and her father denied the bike found in the mechanic’s pit was hers, claiming th꧂at it belonged to a friend, Nico Van 🌳Muylder, and that she sold it to him last season.
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Van Muylder later 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:claimed ownership of the bike in a report on Het Nieuwsblad.
Van de🍒n Driessche facꦐes a ban of at least six-month and 20,000 Swiss franc fine.
The UCI also stated that it will make no further statements regarding the until a decision has been reღndered.
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