War on Hidden Motors Goes Undercover

Cycling’s war on hidden motors at Tour de France goes undercover

Cycling authorities are not only policing against doping in the peloton, but also against ‘mechanical doping’ at the Tour de France.

Pogacar's Tour de France superiority stirs up old doping debate

Tadej Pogacar’s towering domination of this year’s Tour de France is once again raising eyebrows in a sport long tainted by the specter of doping. The Slovenian has never tested positive for a banned substance and denies any suggestion his performance in the saddle is chemically enhanced. Here AFP Sport looks at the issues surfacing in the wake of the 26-year-old’s seemingly inevitable assault on a fourth Tour de France. Why is Pogacar singled o…

Cycling’s governing body is introducing new rules to slow down elite riders. Not everyone’s happy

MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty ImagesMost sports look to support their athletes to become “faster, higher, stronger” – in reference to the Olympic Games’ original motto – so it is perhaps surprising that cycling’s world governing body is trying to slow down elite riders. However, there’s good reason the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) recently announced new rules to slow riders down. These rules – which apply to elite road and cyclo-cross ma…

Cycling-War on hidden motors goes undercover

By Julien Pretot BOLLENE, France (Reuters) -The International Cycling Union (UCI) has intensified its fight against mechanical doping, employing intelligence-driven methods to combat increasingly sophisticated alleged cheating in professional cycling. Once, inspectors relied on random X-rays and magnetic scans to catch offenders. Now, the UCI is borrowing tactics from law enforcement – building confidential sources, mapping risk profiles and mon…