Mechanical Doping

Hah. Yeah, her 'friend' is not very forthcoming. I'm only flagging up what she seems to be saying to avoid people going down this line of conjecture about how a bike could be smuggled in. Her story is that it was an honest mistake. We'll see if that's true or not - am trying not to prejudge, but yes it's all looking very damning.

On that, I just watched some clips of the interview with her on Sporza. I don't speak Dutch, but the poor girl looks terrified. Meanwhile her team coach is making noises like he thinks her parents bullied her into cheating.

De Bie: "made Abuse of Children"
Even the day after the hoopla surrounding Femke Van den Driessche could coach Rudy De Bie not hide his disappointment. "This case also with the knowledge of the parents have happened," said the coach.

"Deanna is very young and naïve. She is the victim of the whole thing. Here is real abuse of children, the most horrible thing there is."

Heavy words, who could count on understanding with analyst Paul Herygers. "It's tough, but it's true. You can not tell me that the parents have not been aware of."