Mechanical Doping

After all this has blown over, whats going to be the next big thing?

Mechanical implants? Greyhound heart transplant upgrades? Bone density reduction? Skeletal geometry modification?

You heard it here first

Genetic doping is already here, or so it's claimed.

that documentary in the 80's about steve austin the astronaut
incredible what they could do

The one where he's the future of law enforcement?

After all this has blown over, whats going to be the next big thing?

Naaahh...
I've tried electric bikes. The motor stops as soon as the pedaling stops.
Whether the motor is intended for commuting or cheating, I can't see this work in any other way. If the motor was just running willy nilly regardless of pedalling effort you get situations where the rider would have to force the engine to stop by desperately hugging the rim brakes -or something.

http://youtu.be/9YXDL7P7_zY

More evidence of TdF mechanical doping, an ex-team bike just found on ebay...

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So has anything concrete come out of the French programme yesterday? Or is it still all speculation and "look what's on the market".

You remember Contador having a rest day in the Giro?

As well: the Col de Sarenne descent attack obvs was a malfunctioning motor.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mechanical-doping-used-in-strade-bianche-and-coppi-e-bartali-claims-investigation/

Looks like the French programme showed nothing new
https://twitter.com/CyclingHubTV/status/721749225986506752

does anyone know if there is a version of this with English subtitles?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0s2yo6ws9U

It doesn't give much more info than the articles posted already, apart from showing some thermal video. They talk about the placement and how to spot the motors, but it really isn't any new info.

http://cyclingtips.com/2016/04/hidden-motors-van-den-dreissche-banned-for-six-years-stripped-of-european-and-belgian-under-23-titles/

Seems fair. Draconian but not overly harsh, IMHO.

Draconian?

Draconian would be cutting off her feet. She got off ok. Why didn't any of the team get done? They were clearly all cheating pricks.

4 years for taking EPO, or any other banned substances, so 6 years seems pretty stiff. Fair, but stiff. I imagine the support staff didn't get done because they're not subject to UCI sanctions. Despite being cheating pricks, as you say.

At least you're still riding the bike while you're on drugs. Rocking up to the World Road Champs with a Hayabusa is properly fucking low.

is there any way that the mechanics for the Belgian team wouldn't have inspected her bike before the race? in pro cross racing, do the riders look after their own bikes?

Belgian fed just issues jerseys; cross riders are on their own with their trade team mechanics who are usually family (and 100% were in this case) hence opting for no hearing and taking the ban.

I gotta say, I'd rather see mechanical than 'traditional' doping. Mechanical doping doesn't result in kids pickling organs for advertising.

If you're a cheat then there's fact you might die in your sleep... bovvered?

You can use youtube auto translate. It's pretty good.