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Tour De France Authorities To Crack Down On Use Of Hidden Motors

French authorities "will crack down on the use of hidden motors in this year's Tour de France with the cheating tactic described as worse than doping," according to Jamie Marcuson of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. ​Following the six-year ban given to Belgium rider Femke Van den Driessche, the Int'l Cycling Union (UCI) "vowed to crack down on 'mechanical doping.'" French Sports Minister Thierry Braillard said, "This problem is worse than doping. The very future of cycling is hanging in the balance. Under my orders research centers have been hard at work to establish the best way to combat this menace." Authorities "will use three methods to detect hidden motors; a motorbike-mounted thermal detector, an already existing magnetic resonance method which screens the start and finish lines, and a military-grade system that will be provided by the French state" (SMH, 6/27). CYCLING NEWS' Barry Ryan wrote the French Atomic Energy Commission CEA thermal camera "is portable and can be used either aboard of a motorbike or from the side of the road." The new technology "will be used in conjunction with the UCI’s existing magnetic resonance screening for motors." The new measure "was welcomed" by Tour de France Dir Christian Prudhomme, "who had already called on the UCI to avail of thermal cameras in testing for mechanical doping, or technological fraud." He said, "It’s an announcement that should bring us some serenity" (CYCLING NEWS, 6/27). The BBC reported Braillard said that "even a stopped motor could be detected by the new cameras," developed by the CEA at the request of the government. He said, "With this technology, which has been approved by the UCI and by the Tour de France, those who want to cheat will be taking very very big risks" (BBC, 6/27).

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