Mechanical doping

“I’ll keep my thoughts to myself”: Tom Boonen fuels Cancellara motor doping rumours (again) and claims “angry, grim” Lance Armstrong ignored him for years – but former US Postal boss tells Belgian to “shut up”

Speaking to a Belgian cycling podcast, the classics legend claimed he noticed several “weird” things about his Swiss rival’s 2010 Tour of Flanders win, and said Lance Armstrong responded to his US Postal exit with “Good luck, you’ll need it”

Mon, Dec 23, 2024 15:56
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Financial “reward” package for motor doping whistleblowers confirmed, as UCI commits to “eradicating technological fraud at the highest level”

The governing body’s approval of payments for motor doping information comes three months after president David Lappartient claimed hidden motors have the potential to “destroy cycling”

Fri, Sep 27, 2024 16:38
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“It will destroy our sport”: UCI set to pay whistleblowers for “credible” motor doping information ahead of Tour de France

“If we need to catch one of the top riders in the world, I am not afraid of that,” says UCI president David Lappartient, as governing body vows to take suspicions about mechanical fraud and “superhuman” performances “seriously”

Fri, Jun 28, 2024 10:39
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UCI warns cheaters “it is impossible to slip through the net” as new inspection tool set to be used at Tour de France to combat motor doping

The governing body also says that 600 blood and urine samples will be taken during the Tour, with 400 collected in the month leading up to the race, in one of the “most comprehensive anti-doping programmes to date”

Wed, Jun 26, 2024 10:37
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“I did not run away or strike an organiser”: Cycling film actor accused of motor doping denies any wrongdoing, while race director still “upset” following alleged incident

Through lawyers, Giovambattista Iera says he has "already been convicted by the press without any evidence", strongly denying that he cheated at Les Routes de l'Oise stage race or played any part in assaulting the race director

Fri, May 31, 2024 11:50
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Former cycling film actor accused of motor doping at French stage race dramatically flees as teammate knocks down race director with van

In a barely believable chain of events, it's emerged that Giovambattista Iera - a former elite cyclist and respected restaurant co-founder who counts Mark Cavendish among his Instagram followers - has been banned from his team for "intolerable behaviour"

Wed, May 22, 2024 12:35
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No motor doping tests carried out on four stages of the Giro d’Italia and two Tour de France stages, investigation finds

X-ray technology was not used by testers at all during this year’s Giro or Tour de France Femmes, while there has not been a single motor doping test at the Volta a Catalunya since 2021

Wed, Sep 27, 2023 11:32
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Former pro cyclist accuses Jumbo-Visma of motor doping, questions Sepp Kuss’ Tourmalet performance

With a distinct lack of evidence, former Quick-Step rider Jérôme Pineau took to a French podcast to make the allegations against cycling's dominant force, accusations rubbished by a Jumbo-Visma sports director

Tue, Sep 12, 2023 08:43
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A brief history of motor doping in cycling, from the pro peloton to amateur hill climbs

During the Vuelta a España Jumbo-Visma rubbished concerns about Sepp Kuss' success after former pro rider Jérôme Pineau made the eyebrow-raising claim that the team is motor doping

Fri, Sep 09, 2022 15:54
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French pensioner caught motor doping during hill climb

The 73-year-old aroused the suspicions of race organisers when he finished just three minutes behind the winner on the 10km-long climb

Wed, Sep 07, 2022 14:16
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