Bardet confident that mechanical doping problem can be resolved
French Grand Tour talent Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale) has said that he remains confident that the UCI can get a handle on the potential threat of riders using motors in their bikes during races. However, he also stated that the governing body needs to up its checks to ensure it is not a serious problem within the sport.
Bardet, who finished top 10 in the last two editions of the Tour de France, has had his bike checked in the past season but says that he did not consider that any of his rivals might be using motors. “I’m not suspicious; that is not my way of working. It would not be good motivation. I try not to think about it until it materialises,” Bardet told AFP.
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“Now that the first case has been found the investigations into this needs to be pushed a little further to see the extent of the phenomenon. I hope for our sport that it is a very isolated case. At the Tour de France we have seen that the bikes are checked, and it’s good that this will extend to other disciplines. I trust the international authorities to take on the problem head-on. When I see what the anti-doping authorities have accomplished, I’m confident that this type of mechanical cheating will be resolved as soon as possible.”
Despite bike checks throughout much of last year, the discovery of a motor in the bike of Belgian under-23 rider Femke Van den Driessche’s bike at the Cyclo-cross World Championships was the first of its kind for the sport.
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