Ghost in the Machine

3.9 (31)
CRÍMENES REALES

“I truly believe that motors were used to win bike races” - Greg LeMond, three-time winner of the Tour de France. In January 2016, 19-year-old Belgian cyclist Femke van den Driessche was caught with a collection of wires, motors and batteries buried deep inside her spare bike at the Cyclo-cross World Championships. She was then suspended for six years and bore the wrath of global media as the only rider ever to be banned by The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for having a motor in her bike, despite numerous previous suspicions of other competitive cyclists that have never been confirmed or disproved. Eight years later, Chris Marshall-Bell is on a mission to reveal the truth around motors in cycling as he peers beneath the surface of sports' most incredible discovery. Chris will unpick a tangled web of bizarre misdemeanours, claims and counter-claims. From jail time, bankruptcy and death threats to carnival cat costumes and one daring canary theft - this story is set to keep listeners on the edge of their seat. Is motor-doping being performed at the highest level? Is this bigger than just one young woman's spare bicycle? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Great story

2 jun

Crpocock

Great story. Some of the phone and audio recording are nearly unbearable to listen to. A show with this level of sponsorship and production support should really be able to do some cleaning up of the recordings.
Good show - wrong focus

28 ago

StingerGT61

All credit for an interesting and well told story. However - the focus on batteries throughout this show is naive. As anyone familiar with hand or pedal crank generators, batteries are not necessary to produce immediate power - and the ability to add anywhere from 50 to over 100 watts of assistance at the pedals … in any number of “miniaturized” variations of the ways that mid drive motors from major bike manufacturers work … without interfering with the normal operation of the bike or changing the rear wheel or other normal bike components … can’t be that complicated to pull off.
I want my wasted time back

29 jul

Whizhawk

This podcast has zero substance and is 6 episodes of desperation to find any real information beyond gossip.
What a Story!

6 abr

Setti3

This sport scandal is well documented- thanks for the research and posting it.

“I truly believe that motors were used to win bike races” - Greg LeMond, three-time winner of the Tour de France. In January 2016, 19-year-old Belgian cyclist Femke van den Driessche was caught with a collection of wires, motors and batteries buried deep inside her spare bike at the Cyclo-cross World Championships. She was then suspended for six years and bore the wrath of global media as the only rider ever to be banned by The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for having a motor in her bike, despite numerous previous suspicions of other competitive cyclists that have never been confirmed or disproved. Eight years later, Chris Marshall-Bell is on a mission to reveal the truth around motors in cycling as he peers beneath the surface of sports' most incredible discovery. Chris will unpick a tangled web of bizarre misdemeanours, claims and counter-claims. From jail time, bankruptcy and death threats to carnival cat costumes and one daring canary theft - this story is set to keep listeners on the edge of their seat. Is motor-doping being performed at the highest level? Is this bigger than just one young woman's spare bicycle? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.