UCI continue checks for mechanical doping at Tirreno-Adriatico
The UCI carried out further checks for mechanical doping at Tirreno-Adriatico on stage 2, with several UCI officials again using a blue tablet device to checks bikes for hidden motors.
In a brief note included in the race communiqué after the stage, it was confirmed that 142 bikes were checked either at the start or finish of the stage to Pomerance. The note didn’t reveal the results of the controls but a UCI official told Cyclingnews that nothing was found.
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Cyclingnews saw several officials at the finish of the stage as they looked for riders and bikes to check. With team buses parked down the hill, riders did not hang around for long and the UCI struggled to control more than a handful of bikes. However the UCI has reportedly examined over a thousand different bikes since a motor was first discovered at the cyclo-cross world championships.
Nibali tries to collect a time bonus
Vincenzo Nibali tried a late move to go across to Zdenek Stybar in the finale of the tough stage to Pomerance but was pulled back and finished sixth in the uphill sprint on stage 2, missing out on the time bonuses that could have lifted him up the overall classification.
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