Doping #119 - De Britten voor de bijl.

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Op zaterdag 16 april 2016 22:52 schreef heywoodu het volgende:
WBA-wereldkampioen (boksen) Felix Sturm uit Duitsland heeft positief getest op stanozolol.

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Op zondag 17 april 2016 14:20 schreef baggerbaas het volgende:
Mogelijk mechanische doping in Strade Bianche en Coppi e Bartali.

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A detailed investigation into mechanical doping by French television programme Stade 2 and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera has claimed that hidden motors are being used in professional road races.

Thierry Vildary and Marco Bonarrigo reveal that they used an expensive heat detector to spot hidden motors at both the Strade Bianche race in Tuscany and the Coppi e Bartali stage race. The full investigation will be broadcast on Sunday evening on French television during the Stade 2 programme, with key details revealed in Sunday’s edition of Corriere della Sera newspaper.

During their detailed investigation, Vildary and Bonarrigo reportedly talked to Hungarian engineer Istvan Varjas, the alleged creator of the hidden motors and suspected supplier to a number of professional riders. He explained that the most advanced form of mechanical doping is now hidden in carbon fibre rims, with neodymium magnets able to produce 60 watts of power. The wheels can be activated and modulated via a bluetooth device – even an expensive watch which has bluetooth – and can only be detected via a powerful magentic field detector.

The two-page article in Correre della Sera reveals that the heat detector – which was hidden to look a video camera, managed to spot seven different motors being used at Strade Bianche and the Coppi e Bartali races. Five were hidden in the seat tube, with two hidden in the rear hub and cassette. Some were the large seat tube motors that are freely available on the market, while others were more technologically advanced and were more difficult to identify because they produced a smaller heat spot. The report says that experts confirmed that the only way to create heat like that identified is via a motor.

Vildary and Bonarrigo travelled to Budapest to see Istvan Varjas, who explained that the latest version of the hidden motors are just five centimetres long, light weight but able to produce an adjustable amount of power of up to 250 watts. They can drive the bottom bracket or the cassette and are described as ‘perfect for athletes with high pedal cadence.”

Varjas apparently showed the journalists the special wheels, with the thin Neodymium magnetic plates hidden in a deep section rim. A spiral magnet driven by a hidden battery helps produce the 60 watts of power than can make a signficant diffierence on a major climb or in a tough race like Strade Bianche. The rims reportedly cost 50, 000 Euro for each wheel but are only made available to a very limited number of athletes.

UCI tablet describe as 'not very reliable’

Rumours of the existence of special magnetic wheels first emerged last summer after several mysterious wheel changes in key races. The suspicions were never proven. In February Gazzetta dello Sport published an article that suggested the power produced by a magnetic wheel is enough to “transform an average level professional rider into a phenomenon."

During the winter the UCI introduced strict rules against what it describes as technological fraud and has carried out regular bike checks at the start of races using a blue tablet teslameter device that apparently detects magnetic fields.

However the UCI has refused to reveal just how effective the device is due to the difficulty in detecting a magnetic field, especially when a bike is not moving or on the roof of a team car. The Corriere della Sera article describes the UCI tablet has “not very reliable’.

Last year Greg Lemond told Cyclingnews that the UCI should use a heat gun to detect mechanical doping, saying controls could be done during races.

At the UCI cyclo-cross world championships the UCI revealed that it discovered a case of mechanical doping involving the bike of Belgian Under-23 rider Femke Van den Driessche. A final verdict in her case is expected soon and she risks a hefty fine and ban from racing. Her team and Federation could also face sanctions. Corriere della Sera suggests the Van den Driessche case was uncovered because of a Belgian police investigation regarding another matter rather than a direct investigation of mechanical doping.

Cyclingnews saw Bonarrigo filming the UCI carry out pre-race bike checks before last week’s Paris-Roubaix. The UCI said that 196 bikes were checked but it seemed that bikes of only 10 of the 25 teams were checked pre-race. Other checks were done after the finish of the race, including the bikes of the riders that finished in the top three. However it appears that several major riders and teams were not checked before the start of Paris-Roubaix.

Cyclingnews contacted the UCI following the publication of the article in Corriere della Sera. The UCI confirmed it is aware of the programme and revealed that UCI President Brian Cookson was interviewed as part of the investigation.

Stade 2 created this teaser video to promote their full investigation programme, which will be broadcast at 5:25pm CET

La semaine prochaine : "Moteurs, ça roule !"

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spot seven different motors being used at Strade Bianche and the Coppi e Bartali races. Five were hidden in the seat tube, with two hidden in the rear hub and cassette.

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Op zondag 17 april 2016 17:04 schreef Mani89 het volgende:

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Wordt weer een enorme sof zoals altijd.

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Op zondag 17 april 2016 17:01 schreef Wombcat het volgende:

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Dat laatste is nieuw voor me.

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Op zondag 17 april 2016 15:57 schreef THEFXR het volgende:

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La semaine prochaine : "Moteurs, ça roule !"

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Op zondag 17 april 2016 18:42 schreef Joost-mag-het-weten het volgende:

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Wat ik mij dan afvraag , ze rijden tegenwoordig toch ook al met GPS'en erop gemonteerd en elektrische versnellingsapparaten. Hebben die ook niet gewoon ergens een batterij op de fiets ?

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Op zondag 17 april 2016 18:44 schreef THEFXR het volgende:

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er is een batterij voor de versnellingen,maar die is erg klein en gaat lang mee.

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Op zondag 17 april 2016 18:57 schreef Joost-mag-het-weten het volgende:

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Ik vroeg mij gewoon af of de warmte die je ziet ook niet deels zoiets kan zijn ...

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Op zondag 17 april 2016 19:13 schreef Wombcat het volgende:
Op 17:30 hebben ze het over motortjes in het achterwiel.