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@Oliver Schick
Can you 'detain' a bike? Surely it should be 'confiscated' or something like that.
Deliciously, she rides for a team called 'Kleur op Maat ("bespoke colour")--Nodrugs'. Perhaps they should rename that to 'no drugs or engines'.
For those who want to read the Sporza coverage in the original language:
Sven Nys is shocked:
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/veldrijden/1.2559921
Longish description of the race included here:
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/veldrijden/1.2559655
Patrick Lefevere demands a life ban:
http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/wielrennen/veldrijden/1.2559830
And, to my shame, I've only just learned that 'cyclo-cross' is "veldrijden" in Dutch--'field riding'.
Anyway, no pictures of the offending device yet, so it hasn't happened. Full Internet condemnation can follow then. :)