Bike manufacturer says will sue Belgian rider over motor use (The Associated Press)
Italian manufacturer Wilier Triestina says it will sue the Belgian cyclist who used a motor on her bike at the cyclo-cross world championships in the latest scandal to rock the sport. Managing director Andrea Gastaldello said he was ”stunned” by the news that Femke Van den Driessche competed in the under-23 race over the weekend with a concealed motor in her Wilier Triestina bike. Van den Driessche, who became the first cyclist caught for technological doping in a major competition, denied any wrongdoing, claiming she mistakenly used a friend’s bike identical to hers without knowing it had been equipped with a motor.