David Lappartient, President of the International Cycling Union (UCI), attends a news conference on the fight against technological fraud in Geneva, Switzerland March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) will use X-ray technology and randomly select bikes to dismantle following a race in an increased effort to fight technological fraud, the governing body said on Wednesday.
UCI president David Lappartient, who won a landslide election victory over Brian Cookson last September, had promised the detection of potential mini-engines in bikes would be one of his top priorities.
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