The respected television show CBS 60 Minutes is expected to broadcast an investigation into mechanical doping in cycling in the new year, with Lance Armstrong apparently facing scrutiny in the investigation.
CBS 60 Minutes reportedly travelled to Hungary to interview Istvan Varjas, the engineer widely believed to be the brains behind the invention of mechanical doping in cycling. He has hinted about the investigation several times and admitted he was paid to share his knowledge.
According to several Cyclingnews sources, the CBS 60 minutes investigation is due to be aired on Saturday January 28.
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The Front Page Cycling website has joined the dots between several pieces of evidence and suggests that 60 Minutes reporter Bill Whitaker travelled to Hungary in June of 2016 to meet with Varjas for an interview and demonstrations of mechanical doping. The site also claims that Whitaker has also recently interviewed Armstrong’s former teammate Tyler Hamilton, and Greg LeMond, who has often spoken out about mechanical doping and who has been critical of the UCI’s strategy to find and deter mechanical doping.
Suspicions of mechanical doping first emerged in 2010, with further reports focusing on several mysterious bike and wheel changes during major races. The UCI discovered a case of mechanical doping involving the bike of Belgian Under-23 rider Femke Van den Driessche at the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships. She was later banned for six years. The UCI has introduced simple bike checks using a tablet device to detect the magnetic fields that are created by mechanical doping.
Varjas spoke to French newspaper Le Monde in mid-December about the US television investigation, with the French newspaper suggesting the revelations could have as big an impact as the Festina Affaire, which exposed wide-spread doping in the peloton and almost brought the Tour de France to a halt in 1998.
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