Belgium’s European champion denies ‘bike doping’

The Belgian teenager at the centre of a ‘bike doping’ storm has denied any wrongdoing and insists she’s innocent.

19-year old Femke Van den Dreisschel was racing in Saturday’s U23 women’s cyclocross world championships in her home country but was forced to abandon, citing a mechanical issue.

Her bike was subsequently taken for a mandatory check by the sport’s governing body, the UCI, and was later detained as they termed it a “technological fraud”.