Van den Driessche, the former European Under-23 champion, has denied suggestions she deliberately cheated, saying the bike was not hers.
Rousseff presided over the flame ceremony in Brasilia, even though she faces impeachment and is unlikely to be in office when South America’s first Olympics open in less than three months.
“Brazil is ready to host the most successful Olympics in history,” Rousseff said in a speech to off the torch relay, which will reach 329 Brazilian cities and end on August 5 at the opening ceremony in Rio’s Maracana stadium.
Seems like more people than ever can’t be straight about anything. Between the fraud, cheating, scandals and lies, more people than ever have to decide the truth for themselves.
Hidden motors used at Strade Bianche, claims French TV (+ video)
Why not simply require them to use provided bikes they aren’t alone with?
Why not just dismantle it and put it back together?
Too think Armstrong gave his left one for steroid cheating!
Bump for later.
They found the motor. Did they find all the batteries, too?
One of the things that this problem illustrates is how competitive Pro Cycling is. These motors can only be used for a few minutes in races lasting hours, yet that can be a deciding advantage nevertheless. Of course there is a psychological edge for the user of knowing that they have a secret weapon available.
The problem is a relative new one as it takes the same advanced battery tech that we have with cell phones and other light-weight technology to be so unobtrusive. As such, it will only get worse because this is a technology that is still improving. Next speculation is for motors that do not need to intermesh with the drivetrain but instead use magnetic fields to spin the wheels directly. Sounds fantastical to me but perhaps it can be done.