A former Saxo Bank mechanic has defended Fabian Cancellara after Phil Gaimon accused him of motor doping. Rune Kristensen, who currently works with Quick-Step Floors, worked on Cancellara’s bike during the 2010 Classics campaign and says that it would have been impossible to hide a mechanical device.
“I simply do not think it's possible to cheat on an electric motor without being discovered,” Kristensen told ekstrabladet.dk.
The comments by Gaimon are not the first to question Cancellara. Following his 2010 Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix victories, where he accelerated away from his rivals while sat in the saddle, Cancellara was forced to defend himself against accusations made by the Italian journalist Michele Bufalino. Cancellara has always denied this and, at the time, responded by saying “my body is my motor.”
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Kristensen was one of two mechanics to work on Cancellara’s bike during that particular campaign. “In 2010, I was a mechanic at the two races [Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix] with Cancellara's permanent mechanic, Roger Theel, and we jointly assembled all the team's bikes for spring classics," he said.
“Had there been an engine stored in a bike, I would have discovered it. It would not be possible to avoid it. Fabian's bikes were handled like all other bikes, so it's impossible that something could be hidden in it.”
Gaimon’s comments were made in his book Draft Animals and were picked up in the press earlier this week. The former rider said that he had not previously entertained the idea that Cancellara had been motor doping, but testimony from previous teammates along with video footage changed his mind on the matter.
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