Caught an amateur cyclist with an electric motor on his bike that finished third in a Masters test

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An Italian amateur cyclist, has been discovered with an electric motor inside the frame of his bicycle while participating in an amateur test

As reported by the newspaper As, an 53 year-old broker who participated in the masters category of a cycling event held in Bedizzole (Italy), was detected thanks to a thermal scanner in a control of your bicycle the device in question.

According to the transalpine portal Tuttobici, the organization proposed to the runner that a mechanic partially disassemble his bike to check if it contained an engine, but this one refused and decided to abandon the test.

At the moment there has only been one case of "technological Doping" in high level tests, with Femke Van Den in the cyclocross world that ended with his retirement from professional sport