A new doping, yet already old. At the World Cup cyclocross in Zolder, Belgium, cycling is not over yet in the mud. Saturday, Femke Van den Driessche, Belgian 19 year old European champion of the specialty, was caught with a bike with the motor. A bicycle doped, the first case in history. The French newspaper L’Equipe, just to understand, he compared the incident to the arrest of Willy Voet and the subsequent explosion of the deal Festina Tour ’98.
the two systems – At Zolder the engine, as inspectors have found UCI with new detection systems, was hidden in vertical tube. Old stuff, almost handmade. Exceeded. A doping of the poor. The new frontier, much more technologically advanced and ten times more expensive, is in the rear wheel can be up to 200,000 Euros, and the delivery time of more than six months. Mechanical doping the first, with a motor that moves the central movement via a bevel gear (now plastic to make it silent); electromagnetic the second, with the drive wheel assisted by the emission of energy. Scooter and wheel have in common, according to an industry gurus, a principle that “with electricity do more miracles than with chemistry. It is also less harmful to health.” The first division covers the performance required by the user: professional and amateur cyclist have different characteristics and requirements. “At first they do not need so much power either, nor so much torque: 50-60 watts are more than so much. For the second, however, need so much torque and lots of power. The performance of these engines is best with a high cadence” . But there are cyclists who use the scooter? “Only me in Italy in recent years I have sold 1,200. When I read the charts of Marathon, I laugh, I could rewrite the most.”
buying – The market is flooded and hard to the runner It is exposed in the first person to purchase. “How do I say it? Simple. From me come short people who buy high bike, or tall people who buy small bike. Obvious that are not for them, they are a means.” We talk about buying a bike and scooter, why not buy the complete package. The buyer chooses chassis type, size, color, hardware and motor that is inserted inside. As? Using a tool such as a gouge for wood, the carbon frame is opened, it installs the engine, closes, glue, paint … et voila. Sometimes, it can happen, it remains a small defect and with heavy loads (that is the weakest point of the frame) opens the bike and the rider hits the knees to the floor.
NEW – The system used in the wheel, rear course, is installed in much the same way, that is, practicing openings – that finished work are closed – on the rim (better high profile) carbon. The available power is much less, from 20 to 60 watts, but enough to turn a professional mid-level in a phenomenon. You have to consider that when pedaling the threshold, the great champions (in top condition) are around 410-420 watts. As for the mechanical system, it can be turned on by remote control or cardio. “It ‘s such a perfect system – continues our source – which I am sure that not all riders are aware of using it. Sometimes they think only of having had a super day.”
six years – The engines hidden talk about it for years. The first alarm bell rings April 6, 2010, when the Grammont, in Flanders, Fabian Cancellara flies off to Tom Boonen. A week later, the scene is repeated at Roubaix, but on the asphalt. On May 28 of that year, Davide Cassani on TV shows proof that the bicycle with the trick there. It throws water on the fire. Lies, inventions. Comes the Vuelta 2014, to Hesjedal and falling of his bike that does not want to stop. Even the constant changes of wheels Contador were often the center of controversy. “Scooters only from 2010? No, many more. And I worked for years even for large samples – says Mr. X -. Some time ago, I spoke also to Aigle, I explained things. I think that is enough to study the exploits of some runners to see who goes to the engine. This is why I suggested the introduction of the biological passport values of power. A climb to 470 watts can not make anybody. ” The racing bike with the engine normally use, recreational, one of the greatest champions of the sport. Years ago, it has proven a major F1 driver. But at the kart track in Lonato is finished lying, bike destroyed. And on Saturday the motor is officially entered in cycling.
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