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Belgian cyclist uses motorized bike, gets a 6-year ban

We hear the phrase "high motor" a lot this time of year, thanks to the NFL Draft, but it's also applying to cycling in the case of Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche.

On Tuesday it was announced that the Belgian rider has been suspended for six years for “technological fraud.” In this case, that means concealing an electric motor in a bicycle.

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The motor was found during a scan using new magnetic resonance testing deployed this year by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).