Motorized Cheating

New detection methods for 'technological fraud' will be rolled out at the Tokyo Olympic Games for track, road and mountain bike disciplines.

Jean-Christophe Péraud leaves as top motor doping detective due to budget cuts.

French authorities conclude investigation having discovered no additional evidence of the use of electronic motors in elite cycling.

Following stage 8 crash Toms Skujins is the subject of a bizarre video that some believe shows mechanical cheating.

The UCI introduces a new mobile trailer that will be a comprehensive way for officials to check for motors on-site at pro races.

The UCI will unveil a beefed-up set of measures and an arsenal of methods to detect so-called mechanical doping Wednesday.

Former world champion Lizzie Deignan is expecting. Bouhanni disappointed to miss Sanremo, and the French cheater is punished.

A once-ridiculed conspiracy theory is rapidly becoming much more real with a new book by French journalist Philippe Brunel.

Two judges are reportedly following a money trail that could lead to "high-level" cyclists.

Fabian Cancellara's lawyers have demanded that Phil Gaimon's publisher stops distribution of "Draft Animals."

A Frenchman is caught with a motor bike in a cycling race. Should we worry? Or should we live with this new reality (and make some rules)?

An amateur French cyclist caught riding a motorized bicycle in a race Sunday could be charged with fraud.

A cyclist was caught using a motorized bike during an amateur race in France on Sunday.

The UCI has been scanning bikes for hidden motors at the Giro using a magnetic flux density tablet. Nothing has been found so far.

The UCI contends that thermal cameras are not the most effective way to catch motor cheaters, despite recent news expose.

Amid controversy over reported cheating at Strade Bianche, UCI insists current motor tests are the best option to check bikes at races.

Belgian cyclocross racer Femke Van den Dreissche has withdrawn her defense in the world’s first motorized cheating case.

U23 cyclocross racer Femke Van den Driessche may face a lifetime ban and a hefty fine of 50,000 euro.

The Association of North American Professional Road Cyclists says it will do its part to help keep motors out of the elite road peloton.

The Belgian Cycling Federation (RLVB) is considering spending 40,000 euros on a device to detect motorized cheating.

The French National Cycling League demands that the UCI increase its punishment for motorized cheating in a letter to Brian Cookson.

Lennard Zinn answers questions about motorized cheating and follows up on his advice for indoor roller-specific tires.

The UCI checked 90 bikes from six different teams at La Méditerranéenne on Friday.

UCI's first-ever motorized cheating case heads to the Disciplinary Commission to be heard in the coming weeks.

The UCI has promised to step up its efforts after a motor was discovered hidden in a bike at the recent cyclocross worlds.

Brian Cookson vows to take all measures necessary to catch cheating, and that may mean expanded checks for hidden motors.

The British rider says the UCI checked his bike for a hidden motor after he broke the hour record last summer.

Cancellara, the subject of a 2010 video about hidden motors, gives his take on the technological fraud discovered at the ’cross worlds.

Motorized bikes are not a direct equivalent of physiological doping, so how will the UCI deal with cheaters?