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The Tour De France Is Using French Nuclear Tech To Stop Motorized Doping<em></em>The professional cycling season stretches from January to October, across every continent, but only one race achieves any kind of crossover into the mainstream sports world. The Tour de France, which starts this weekend at Mont Saint-Michel, accounts for over 80 percent of the annual TV exposure for...

Report: Cycling Official Covered Up Motorized Doping At The Tour De FranceAccording to a report broadcast by French TV station Stade 2, the UCI (cycling’s governing body) obstructed a police investigation into mechanical doping during the 2015 Tour de France. French police had received tips from multiple sources that two cyclists had been using illegal motors in their bik...

Secret Thermal Camera Footage Allegedly Shows Seven Pro Cyclists Using Illegal Motors In BikesRumors that elite professional cyclists have been riding with small, illegal motors tucked away in their bikes have swirled around the pro peloton ever since this infamous truther’s video presented evidence against Fabian Cancellara in 2010. Despite more suspicious evidence occasionally floating to ...

Here's What A Motorized Doping Check Looks Like

Hey, cycling season started today! Unless you’re a hardcore devotee of the Tour of Qatar or you really love the Volta ao Algarve, this morning’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was the first real race of the season. Greg Van Avermaet took the win today, with a really impressive sprint where he dusted everyone...

Motorized Doping, Explained: Your Guide To The Weirdest Sports Scandal Of The Year

This weekend, Femke Van den Driessche, a 19-year-old Belgian cyclocross racer, lined up at the U-23 World Championships. She’d previously won the Euros and the Belgian championships, and she was the favorite to get herself a set of rainbow stripes. But she had a bad race, and was forced to exit with...