The UCI has revealed details of the technology it uses to check for mechanical doping at a special demonstration to selected media, including Cyclingnews, at the UCI Headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland.
UCI Technical Manager Mark Barfield and UCI President Brian Cookson reiterated their belief in the use of a tablet device to detect magnetic flux density of hidden motors or magnetic wheels. The UCI clearly wanted to send out a strong message of deterrent to anyone thinking of using mechanical doping in the sport.
The UCI has worked hard to show it is serious about fighting mechanical doping in recent weeks, especially since a rudimentary hidden motor was discovered in a bike belonging to Belgian and European under-23 champion Femke Van den Driessche at the cyclo-cross world championships in January.
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The recent investigation by the French Stade 2 television programme and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera suggested that motors are in use in the professional peloton and suggested that the most advanced form of mechanical doping is hidden in the rear wheel, with a series of magnets producing a small but significant power source to boost performance.
“There’s been a huge amount of interest in this and that we’re not taking it seriously enough, that the technology is not well researched; so we wanted to demonstrate that we’ve put a massive amount of resources into this and that we’ve got a really good system and partners that have helped us develop the technology,” Cookson told Cyclingnews.
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