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SAINT-LO, France -- Tour de France cyclists suspected of using hidden motors will be stopped even in the middle of a stage, UCI president Brian Cookson said Friday. Mark McGwire Jersey .The International Cycling Union (UCI) is using a magnetic resonance test and thermal cameras to catch any cheats.We can do the tests at the start, at the finish. We can take bikes during the race if there are any changes, Cookson said. Its not just the bikes that the riders start off the race. We test the bikes on the cars. We test the bikes on the teams trucks as well.The race starts Saturday at Mont Saint-Michel.The first time anyone was suspected of mechanical doping was in 2010, when Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara was forced to deny he won Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders with the help of an electric bike after a video appeared to show him pushing a button on the handlebars during both races. Bike checks were introduced and have been carried out by the UCI at its events.This year, Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche was caught using a motor on her bike at the cyclo-cross world championships. She was banned for six years.We will both target and be unpredictable, Cookson said. We are not going to test every bike and every team every day. We are going to test a large number, probably do over 3,000 tests during the Tour de France, compared to 20 or 30 last year.Cookson would not speculate on how widespread mechanical doping is.Clearly the technology exists, clearly it is a threat that we have to deal with, and absolutely we will do what we can to make sure we combat it effectively, he said.In April, French television program Stade 2 claimed to have detected motors at two Italian races by using roadside thermal cameras. The UCI previously said its magnetic resistance test was more effective than flawed heat-seeking tests, which it said were effective only if bikes are filmed close up from motorcycles.To reassure authorities in France, the police and [Tour organizer] ASO, if we have to adopt a supplemental method, then we will do that, Cookson said. We have a good system. We are happy to use an additional system from time to time as we will be using during the Tour.In terms of traditional doping controls, Cookson said it will be a normal regime, with the possibility of tests at night, as allowed by French law.The French Anti-Doping Agency and the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation -- an independent organization mandated by the UCI -- renewed their partnership for the Tour, with targeted tests being carried out throughout the three-week race.A total of 656 tests -- 482 blood tests and 174 urine tests --?were performed during the 2015 Tour. Dexter Fowler Jersey . After taking two big hits this week -- losing at home and dropping back-to-back games for the first time all season -- Indiana struck back by playing its most complete game of the year. Lance Lynn Jersey .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. http://www.authenticcardinalspro.com/cardinals-vince-coleman-jersey/ . With Parker having a quiet game for once, Nicolas Batum and Boris Diaw provided the scoring as France won its first major basketball title by beating Lithuania 80-66 on Sunday. It was a victory that ended a decade of frustration for Parker and a talented French generation, which lost the final against Spain two years ago and took bronze in 2005. BERKELEY, Calif. -- Former California football coach Roger Theder has died. He was 77.The school said Theder died Saturday from complications from Parkinsons disease. Theder spent 10 seasons on the Cal coaching staff, including a four-year stretch as head coach from 1978-81.He led the Golden Bears to their first bowl game in 21 years when they made it to the Garden State Bowl in 1979. He finished with an 18-27 careeer record. Bob Gibson Jersey. Theder later was an assistant coach with the Baltimore Colts and San Diego Chargers in the NFL. He also had assistant coaching stints at Stanford and San Jose State.Theder is survived by his wife, Marie, three children, Rick, Denae and Monique, and six grandchildren. Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China China Jerseys WholesaleWholesale NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Jerseys 2019 Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping ' ' '
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