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		throwaway81523 88 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tour de France confronts a new threat: Are cyclist... This is not new and they routinely examine bikes for it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_doping Article created in 2016.

ajsnigrutin 88 days ago | [–]

even before that, eg. WP article from 2015:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/07/23...

4ndrewl 88 days ago | | [–]

Even before that. 2010 or so they were saying - without evidence - Cancellara used motors in the spring classics.

It's just clickbait to co-incide with the end of the TdF.

cactusplant7374 88 days ago | [–]

Yeah, I think I remember reading about this a long time ago. Either here or on Wired.

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