{"id":133787,"date":"2016-02-23T17:39:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=133787"},"modified":"2016-02-23T17:45:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T15:45:14","slug":"how-does-mechanical-doping-actually-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/02\/23\/how-does-mechanical-doping-actually-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Mechanical Doping Actually Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With the ongoing investigation of the \u2019Femke Van Den Driessche scandal\u2019, cycling enthusiasts all over the world want to know, how the mechanical doping actually works. We\u2019re sorry to be the ones to tell you this, but it\u2019s actually pretty simple.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/02\/motor-v-kole-1080x1080-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133788\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/02\/motor-v-kole-1080x1080-2-600x600.png\" alt=\"How Does Mechanical Doping Actually Work?\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The battery tends to be hidden in a bidon. Motor is hidden in the down tube or the seat tube. It turns the crank, which then, after you hit the switch on your handlebars, turns the pedals. Quite simple, right? The motor can produce up to whopping 250 watts of power and that is going to make any hill climb much easier.<\/p>\n<p>This system is nothing new and was already in use decades ago. Back then it was, due to the loudness of the motor, truly for recreational purposes only. With the advancement of the technology though, more and more allegations arise, that it\u2019s used by the pros as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BBsNethuWCZ\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BBsNethuWCZ\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can find quite a lot of material of self-spinning wheels online, so the question really is: Was Femke the only one? It sounds very unlikely\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Ryder Hesjedal \u2013 2014 Vuelta<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynLMfzLTc8M\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynLMfzLTc8M<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Team Movistar member following the Femke Van Den Driessche scandal<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pD5YkqFGdwI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pD5YkqFGdwI<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Cancellara Case<\/h3>\n<lite-youtube videoid=8Nd13ARuvVE params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/8Nd13ARuvVE\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the ongoing investigation of the \u2019Femke Van Den Driessche scandal\u2019, cycling enthusiasts all over the world want to know, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":133513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,334],"tags":[],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-133787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","category-socialising-and-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Does Mechanical Doping Actually Work? 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