UCI vows to tackle threat of technological doping after motor is found

“We believe that it was indeed technological doping.”

Brian Cookson, the president of cycling’s world governing body the UCI, has vowed to stamp out motorised doping after a bike was confiscated at the Cyclo-cross World Championships in Belgium on Saturday for containing a motor.

An incident of “technological fraud” is being investigated in the under-23 women’s race, which was won by Great Britain’s Evie Richards.