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Interest & Intrigue

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Posted byweffeyin/interest_intrigue-Jul 02, 2016 at 1:00 PMΔ

Tour de France targets a new kind of cheating: mechanical doping

Tour de France targets a new kind of cheating: mechanical doping

The Tour de France kicks off July 2. And this year, the event's organizers are cracking down a new form of cheating: mechanical doping, where cyclists use hidden motors to get ahead. Matthew Pioro, editor-in-chief of Canadian Cycling Magazine, tells Brent about the ins and outs of technological bike fraud.

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Comments3
  • ifindkarmaJul 02, 2016 at 1:15 PMΔ

    Geez. At this point is Tour de France synonymous with cheating?

    • weffeyJul 02, 2016 at 1:22 PMΔ

      The amount of "well you didn't explicitly say you couldn't do X" in sport has long been an issue I believe. Technology is just making it more and more apparent

      • ifindkarmaJul 02, 2016 at 1:24 PM

        It's especially difficult in this sport because Lance Armstrong was so revered and made "win by any means" mainstream.

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