60 Minutes on Motorized Doping in Cycling

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60 Minutes on motorized doping in cycling

Video here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-investigates-hidden-motors-and-pro-cycling/

OK, to be fair it was about 14 minutes of coverage that aired over the weekend on the CBS program 60 Minutes. In the segment titled “Enhancing the Bike” news magazine correspondent Bill Whitaker leads off with a nicely inflammatory statement that “the sport of cycling is notorious for its culture of cheating…” From there 60 Minutes heads to Hungary to talk with Istvan Varjas who claims to be the pioneer of hiding motors inside bikes for almost two decades. Varjas has popped up in the cycling news streams a good bit over the last couple years, especially after the young Belgian crosser was caught last year. He puts Whitaker on a bike with a hidden motor to try and tells CBS News that yes, pro riders are competing on these bikes.

60 Minutes also sat down with the former testing director for French anti-doping authorities who tells that they have been told that a dozen riders raced the 2015 Tour with hidden motors. Then CBS News pulls in Tyler Hamilton to test a motor-doped bike, links Varjas’ motors to infamous Dr. Michele Ferrari within the last 3 years, and infers a link to Team Sky possibly racing the Tour de France time trials with motorized wheels. 60 Minutes doesn’t present any hard proof of current pro peloton motor doping, but they certain make a case that many people will see as rather damning.

We can’t embed the 60 Minutes segments here, but you can go to the CBS News page for the story’s video. Just beware that the video will autoplay and won’t work with ad blockers turned on. There is also another 6 minute clip with a further look at how the newest motor doping tech may be going into wheels with embedded induction electromagnets.

 

Saw it and was pissed off. Why are there so many unethical assholes in the world who have everything, but still need to cheat? F-ing scumbags. F--k road racing and the douchebags who do it.

Do I even need to say ?

 

Cavendish, Hushovd, Voight , Horner... Nails

 

Hmmm, I want one for my mountain bike!

 

In all likelihood, every bike will come with electric assist options in the very near future. Use it or don't, just like shifting gears.

However, do not race in a pedal race with a motor. If you do, you should be banned from all things requiring trust and ethics for the rest of your life.

 

I don't think (and hope) that motor doping wasn't all that prevalent. Adds a couple of pounds to very weight conscious racers. And only working for 20 minutes of 5 hour day? Though that would be enough to win the day. That Belgian Jr girl that got caught in CX world's was an eye opener, though. Her family appears to be quite the mess.

 

I believe it was an old time NASCAR driver (Petty, Yarborough, Jr. Johnson....) who said, "If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying hard enough."

What about the man, who identifies as a woman, and still has a penis, entering and winning women's road races?

And you wonder why I don't like people.

 

Try switching to a women's-specific saddle.

 

Every sport has cheaters in fact the world has cheaters in every aspect of life. Ain't gonna change it, accept it and move on. Don't cheat yourself of your time!

 

I think I heard that Vince Lombardi had that quote, as many others have.

I know of three cyclocross racers that identify as female and are males. Mostly they race as women, but sometimes they are forced to race as men. One is very good and has created a fair amount of controversy - though racing as a man, mostly. The other two are relatively average and some people question the practice and others don't care or don't know or don't give an opinion to me.

I'm kinda mixed about it, but if you want to change to female; make it complete before you compete against women.

 

Interesting, fits in the seat tube...wonder if it would fit in my Kona...then I could keep up with the big dogs here...

 

Speaking of cheating ...

 

Accept it? Really?

No...

Expect it, yes. Hate it, yes. Accept it? Never.

 

BB30 compatible??

 

I gotta say I could give a flying wet fart about racing road bikes. I like riding mine, and I like going fast on it, but really, who cares?

 

Pictures or it didn't happen.