Greg LeMond has suggested that a simple way to detect if riders have hidden motors in their bikes is to use a heat-detecting gun, even during races.
The former Tour de France winner watched the finish of stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia in Cervinia. While Fabio Aru climbed on the podium after winning the stage, LeMond spoke Cyclingnews and Gazzetta dello Sport about the race, Marco Pantani, his own Giro d’Italia memories and Alberto Contador’s domination.
Talk soon moved to the reports of possible use of motors and the UCI’s checks to try to find them after Thursday’s stage to Verbania. LeMond is convinced that motors have been used in the peloton and that a heat gun and banning bike changes could be a simple but effective deterrents.
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“I know that motors exist, I’ve ridden a bike with one and I’ve met the inventor and talked about it. If people think they don’t exist, they’re fooling themselves, so I think it’s a justified suspicion. I believe it’s also been used in the peloton. It seems too incredible that someone would do it, but I know it’s real,” he said.
“To make sure it doesn’t happen, I don’t think there should be bike changes in races. Period. Unless you have a real mechanical problem. It’d take away the suspicion. I just hope the UCI is doing the right thing. Fifty or 100 watts is nothing for a motor. If you’re say riding at 400 watts on a climb, an extra 50 watts means minutes on a climb and there’s no real weight penalty.
“It’s like any sport but there will always be people trying to cheat. It’s a pretty shocking way to cheat if some of the top riders do it. Hopefully it’ll never surface and the UCI will nip it in the bud.
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