The UCI has announced that former AG2R-La Mondiale rider Jean-Christophe Peraud has been appointed as the new UCI Manager of Equipment and so will lead the fight against the use of mechanical doping in the peloton.
The UCI confirmed to Cyclingnews that Mark Barfield, who led controls against mechanical doping under previous UCI president Brian Cookson, has left the international governing body.
The UCI's measures have come under intense scrutiny since they introduced a simple tablet device as a way to check bikes for hidden motors. A Stade 2 report demonstrated the apparent ineffectiveness of the tablet, with reports that more sophisticated systems of magnetic wheels could be in use in the peloton. The UCI has never discovered a case of mechanical doping in the professional road peloton with the tablet device. Belgium's Femke Van den Driessche is the only elite rider caught with a hidden motor after bike was checked during the 2016 UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships.
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Recently-elected UCI president David Lappartient has pledged to roll out new and more stringent tests for the 2018 season, with more details due to be unveiled in the new year. On Thursday, Lappartient told Cyclingnews that the UCI will investigate the recent allegation levelled by former US professional Phil Gaimon against Fabian Cancellara.
"I will always voice my concerns about this subject. I want to be sure that nobody is cheating with motors, and that is the job of the UCI, to ensure that this will not be the case. At the end of the year or the beginning of January we will make an announcement about what we will do to enforce the controls from the UCI,” Lappartient told Cyclingnews.
The appointment of Frenchman Peraud appears to be the first step in the UCI's renewed fight against mechanical doping.
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