Engine doping? Fuss about Ryder Hesjedal's rear wheel

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 · 04.09.2014

Engine doping? Fuss about Ryder Hesjedal's rear wheelPhoto: Screenshot
A curious video from the Vuelta is currently causing a stir online. It shows how Ryder Hesjedal's rear wheel continues to spin "unnaturally" after his crash on the seventh stage of the Tour of Spain. Internet users interpreted this as an indication of an auxiliary drive.

Following the rumour of a motor drive on Fabian Cancellara's bike during his victories at Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders in 2010, conspiracy theorists are enjoying a new video. On the seventh stage of this year's Vuelta a España on 29 August 2014, Garmin-Sharp rider Ryder Hesjedal crashes on a descent. Before an accompanying motorbike runs over the Canadian's bike, it appears to move on its own around the axle of the front wheel. Whether a possible rear-wheel drive is powering the bike and whether this would even be technically possible or whether there is a simple physical explanation for the video is currently the subject of heated debate on the Internet. In the TOUR forum there are already numerous opinions on the Rumour about rear-wheel drive for Ryder Hesjedal

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