This is the moment, all captured on this video, of the police and cycling officials stopping a French cyclist and taking away his bike with hidden motor.
Video French cyclist caught with hidden motor
Footage has emerged of anti doping officials and police stopping an amateur cyclist accused of having a hidden motor in his bike.
The rider in question is in his early 40s. He races in France, though has not yet been named.
In the clip below he is challenged by a group on Sunday after an inquiry by the police and the French Anti-Doping Agency.
The scenes unfolded in Saint-Michel-de-Double near Bordeaux after a race.
Reports from France suggest he was being monitored for some time because of his unusually strong performances.
His climbing appears to have focused suspicion on the possibility that his bike contained some form of hidden motor.
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And reports from France now suggest that a motor was indeed found in the bike being taken away for examination in this clip shown on French TV.
The same reports said the motor found was a250-watt Vivax. Such motors are hidden in a bike’s seat tube and drive the bottom bracket.
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One of the journalists covering the problem of hidden motors, Thierry Vildary, monitored the rider. And he filmed him from a following car when he was in a two-man breakaway on Sunday.
That footage is also contained in the clip below.
The rider pulled out of the race, apparently spooked by the size of the crowds.
But he was challenged after it, by regional anti-doping official and former pro Christophe Bassons and others.
The bike was taken by the local police. French media suggests the rider made admissions. It is the first such case in France.
In July an Italian cyclist was caught with a hidden motor.
In February of last year a motor was found in the bike of 19-year-old Belgian and European U23 cyclocross champion Femke Van den Driessche.
Premier contrôle d'un vélo équipé d'un moteur lors d'une course locale en France ! #cyclisme #twittcyclos pic.twitter.com/9U4ezQYhFp
— Tout Le Sport (@TLSfrance3tv) October 1, 2017
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