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> Motordoping does not exist.

It does exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femke_Van_den_Driessche

Aside from allegations about Cancellara (basically that his seated attack was too strong, plus he 'moved his hand suspiciously' just before) I always struggled to find an alternate explanantion for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ideiS-6gBAc

> There has not been a single case at top professional level even though they have looked for the motors for over a decade.

Or, no-one has been caught as they stopped before the checks were brought in, as it's impossible to hide without a much broader conspiracy?

> But journalists, bloggers, and youtubers love to bring it up as a exciting story they don't need to do any work to write.

Agreed. WaPo is about a decade too late on this one.

parent mft_ 1 year ago

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