Mechanical Doping

Also posted in the Armstrong thread:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greg-lemond-miracles-in-cycling-still-dont-exist/

http://cycling.today/mechanical-doping-investigation-team-sky-bikes-heavier-than-other-teams-during-2015-tour/

Varjas said he told French police he sold secret-motor cycles to an unknown client just before the 2015 Tour, delivering the bikes to a locked storage room.

Because the decals on the bikes wouldn't have given any indication as to the team....

I had to check it wasn't April 1st

Team Sky bikes heavier than other teams

lol... Pinarello...

lol... Pinarello...

pinarellol

Can the media please stop giving Varjas a platform (and money, CBS paid him at least $12k) until he can actually back up some of his claims.

He's a fraud, a latter day Konrad Kujau.

Cycling.today

1. buy domain name
   
2. steal and / or make up content
   
3. get facebook likes
   
4. profit...
   
5. ?
   
6. ...become US president
   

did lol

Wait, is this a legit DAS or something more sinister?
https://twitter.com/cycleboredom/status/827896324787933184

Did something very similar recently during a cross bike race, I suspect with a lot less power that he can produce. No evidence of motors there IMHO.

Completely legit. It's pissing down, he comes off the racing line, on a slight camber, whilst pedalling and the back wheel loses traction.

It does make you wonder if he's considered cycle training.

Another thing to add, the course at Lille has lots of sand sections, so all the riders are using tyres that cope well with sand, such as Challenge Dune's tread, and these don't handle muddy and slippery conditions well.

And here we are:

http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/53-year-old-italian-amateur-cyclist-caught-motor-bike-344445?utm_content=manual&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_term=cyclingweekly

Here's the bike in question:

Someone got caught in Dordogne in a 3rd Cat amateur race...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoeuRAn7_6E

That video is 45mins long, what are we looking out for here?

Was good old fashioned doping not mechanical

https://cyclingtips.com/2018/02/french-amateur-given-five-year-suspension-hidden-motor-use/

Blatant as fuck!
This just appeared in my Strava feed...

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That really sucks

Team shirt needed

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Commissaires pinged a rider for this at a the Dauphiné apparently

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