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The Cancellara Conspiracy . . .

Update

The Conspiracy deepens with the NYTimes picking up L’Equipe's story on the electric boost.

Cassani is not alone in taking the bicycle for a spin. “Its designer told me that it’s been around since 2004 and that some riders have used it in races,” he said. The designer, that would be whom? “He wouldn’t tell me if he was an engineer or simply a do-it-yourself handyman. All I know is that he’s of Hungarian origin.” And why is he revealing his secret? “Because it’s not a secret. A few newspapers have talked about it. Then some team mechanics said on television that an electric bicycle was impossible, a dream. “That made him mad, hurt his pride. He wanted to say: It exists and I’m the fellow who made it. I got his name, contacted him, saw the bike and rode it.” As a former racer, Cassani indicated that he was outraged, yes outraged, by this attempt at cheating. “It’s worse than doping,” he said. “Cheating at its lowest level.”

Cancellara Responded today, from AFP

"It's so stupid I'm speechless," said Cancellara, who rides for the Saxo Bank team. "I've never had batteries on my bike."

It is stupid, but also stupid is the UCI's comment:

The risk is simply too big. For him, his team and the bike manufacturers. A champion like Cancellara would not take that risk.

History has proven champions will take risks. We're not saying Cancellar did, but c'mon UCI.