The Belgian cyclist caught during competition in January with an electric motor hidden in one of her bikes has been banned for six years and fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,603.69), the sport's governing body said on Tuesday. Femke Van den Driessche, 19, was found guilty of violating competition rules through 'technological fraud' during the 2016 Cyclo-cross world championships, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said earlier. It is the first time an elite rider has been punished for so-called 'mechanical doping'. A UCI statement on Tuesday described the ban as 'a major victory' in the fight against a form of cheating seen as a growing problem in the sport. 'The bike concerned was scanned using the new ma
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