{"id":137436,"date":"2016-04-19T15:33:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T13:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=137436"},"modified":"2016-04-21T06:38:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T06:38:47","slug":"life-ban-for-mechanical-doping-demanded-by-pro-riders-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/19\/life-ban-for-mechanical-doping-demanded-by-pro-riders-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Ban for Mechanical Doping Demanded by Pro Riders\u2019 Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The CPA followed up the scandalous report by French TV station Stade 2 and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera claiming that 7 riders used hidden motors inside their bikes at Italian races Strade Bianche and Coppi e Bartali.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Read more about this story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/blog\/137421\/thermal-camera-revealed-hidden-motors-in-the-peloton\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The organization, chaired by Gianni Bugno, urged the UCI to tackle mechanical doping \u201cwith every possible means\u201d available and to ban the cheaters for life. The UCI president Brian Cookson expressed concern after watching the footage, but said it\u2019s impossible to act without conclusive evidence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/profimedia-0272711004-1-600x400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-137438\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/profimedia-0272711004-1-600x400-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Femke Van den Driessche still remains the only rider who was ever accused of mechanical doping, then. A bike with a hidden motor in it was prepared for her at the 2016 Cyclo-cross World Championships and she faced severe sanctions by the UCI, many cycling personalities calling for a lifetime ban. Van den Driessche later decided to give up and drop her defence altogether, not even appearing before the Disciplinary commission.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Femke Van den Driessche still remains the only rider who was ever accused of mechanical doping, then. A bike with a hidden motor in it was prepared for her at the 2016 Cyclo-cross World Championships and she faced severe sanctions by the UCI, many cycling personalities calling for a lifetime ban. Van den Driessche later decided to give up and drop her defence altogether, not even appearing before the Disciplinary commission. Read more about her case <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?s=mechanical+doping\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CPA\u2019s statement also said that it\u2019s still contemplating taking legal actions not only against the cheating riders, but against anyone who might be involved in such a scheme.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/11355999_1265877726773885_654486358_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-137441\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/11355999_1265877726773885_654486358_n-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"The CPA\u2019s statement also said that it\u2019s still contemplating taking legal actions not only against the cheating riders, but against anyone who might be involved in such a scheme.\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe association of riders will retain the right to sue against unknown for such crimes because it is unthinkable that certain devices are used by individual riders without complicity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cycling organisations seem to be doing everything possible in order to stop the mechanical doping. Do you think it will be enough?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CPA followed up the scandalous report by French TV station Stade 2 and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera claiming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":137440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,334],"tags":[340],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-137436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","category-socialising-and-culture","tag-mechanical-doping"],"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>Life Ban for Mechanical Doping Demanded by Pro Riders\u2019 Association - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The CPA followed up the scandalous report by French TV station Stade 2 and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera claiming that 7 riders used hidden...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/19\/life-ban-for-mechanical-doping-demanded-by-pro-riders-association\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Life Ban for Mechanical Doping Demanded by Pro Riders\u2019 Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The CPA followed up the scandalous report by French TV station Stade 2 and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera claiming that 7 riders used hidden...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/19\/life-ban-for-mechanical-doping-demanded-by-pro-riders-association\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-19T13:33:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-04-21T06:38:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/04\/5532224421313_4424224.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"525\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"WeLoveCycling\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martin Mrazek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/19\/life-ban-for-mechanical-doping-demanded-by-pro-riders-association\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/04\/19\/life-ban-for-mechanical-doping-demanded-by-pro-riders-association\/\",\"name\":\"Life Ban for Mechanical Doping Demanded by Pro Riders\u2019 Association - 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