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Technical doping: Will the UCI punish it more severely than medi-doping?

It looks like the UCI is cracking down: Cycling's world governing body is calling for a lifetime ban for Dutch U23 European champion Femke van den Driessche, who was caught with a motor in her bike at the Cyclocross World Championships in February.

As the Belgian newspaper Het Niewusblad reports, the UCI is demanding a severe penalty for Femke van den Driessche: in addition to a fine of 50,000 euros, the 19-year-old is to be banned for life.

Next week, the UCI Disciplinary Commission will hear the case in Aigle. According to the report by Het Niewusblad, Van den Driessche's lawyer is demanding a penalty equivalent to doping with banned substances. This usually results in a two to four-year ban.

To the report by ride.ch on the technical doping of Femke van den Driessche

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Autor: Tobias Gütlin
News published on 08.03.2016

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