Secret Motors
First Evidence of Mechanical Doping
While mechanical doping is still rare among leading competitive cyclists, according to Varjas it won’t be long before ‘technical fraud’ reaches the top levels. It is disappointing to think that riders and teams who dedicate their lives to this beautiful sport are so desperate for results that they can live with the concept of cheating. Sure, eking every ounce of performance from a bike through engineering and design iterations is science at its best, but adding hidden motors is a truly sad state of affairs.