Leagues and Governing Bodies

Motorized Doping Claims Emerge After Video Shows Hesjedal's Bike 'Moving By Itself'

9.5.2014

Allegations that pro riders are using motors in their bikes during races "have been resurrected after video footage emerged on the internet purporting to show Ryder Hesjedal’s bike moving by itself after he crashed on stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana," according to Nigel Wynn of CYCLING WEEKLY. The Garmin-Sharp rider "crashed on a corner whilst in an escape group on Friday’s stage seven." As his bike falls to the road, "it appears to start moving on its own accord before being run over by a motorbike." Several media websites and French newspaper L’Equipe asked "whether the bike is motorised." Claims of motors being used by professional riders "first came to the fore in 2010" (CYCLING NEWS, 9/4).

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