Another Cyclist Caught Cheating with Motor Doping..

Mark Cavendish wants to beat Eddy Merckx's 2024 Tour de France stage win record, and to that end he's preparing better than ever in Greece to avoid any connection to doping. However, one of his and Alexandre Vinokourov's sponsors has been caught cheating in a masters competition with mechanical doping in a hilarious story that deserves a video on this humble channel.

[@cyclinghighlights]

Clarification : We don't know if Iera ran over the race director, it could be someone else under him or a paid employee. The race director supposedly did not identify who was driving. Anyway, a story to tell the grandchildren.

[@allan4922]

"older than a forrest." 😂😂😂

[@S9999Frank]

as a 54 year old I felt slightly offended. Will not be surprised by loud bicycles in next gran fondo though 🙂

[@jasontate1135]

perfection!

[@howardturner746]

As a 56 year old cyclist I rather like being compared to a forest...

[@MrBradfordchild]

@@S9999FrankI’m 58 and laughed out loud! Great line!

[@christopheralix8554]

What cracks me up is that whoever the narrator is knows a crap ton about cycling and professional road cycling and is likely a huge fan and cyclist himself. He just uses his powers of cycling knowledge for satire (or does he?)

[@pennyblue6372]

i think it is an ex pro and was clean

[@samorourke8837]

Agree - their knowledge of the sport is INSANE and must really know a lot of things from inside.

[@TheRst2001]

Is it Dan Lloyd after a few beers

[@dolophonic]

@@TheRst2001 hell no, he is one of the biggest shammy sniffers of all time.

[@TheWorldisaLIE2]

sounds like a paid voice narrator, doesn’t necessarily have to be the person that writes the video’s transcripts

[@cracked229]

Now this is some funny shit.

[@rider65]

Hands down this is the best cycling Channel. I love all of the exposing of these frauds! And I also love the fact that it probably really Ruffles some feathers of the Lycra wearing soft boy contingent😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@savagepro9060]

The shadiest cyclist must have a large umbrella!

[@allan4922]

Ha ha, I like this. Chinese proverb-esque. And Chinese know a thing about doing 😂

[@manwithnoname6580]

Have I missed something? I assumed from the video title and pic that this was about to reveal Mark Cavendish uses a motor in his bicycle. Watched the whole vid and saw no such evidence. 🤷‍♂️

[@Sdakouls3]

It's called clickbait.

[@manwithnoname6580]

@@Sdakouls3 yeah I know. Absolutely pointless video really, gives the impression someone is using a hidden motor, then provides absolutely zero content to back it up.

[@user-fo9bv2mm1g]

@@manwithnoname6580 Like all these videos.

[@thomasdavidbassett483]

Same here.

[@brucelowe3391]

Are you going to be able to top this one? Good stuff, thanks.

[@isitrachelorj3953]

Bravo, this was brilliant. I thought it was impossible for you to expose any new names (cheats), but you introduced me to a new scoundrel, Iera. Any rider, doctor, coach, DS or sponsor associated with Vino, past or present is dirty!

[@cyclinghighlights]

Yes dude, Vino is the cleanest guy ever in cycling history. Lavenu, Jan, Iglinskiy, Ferrari, Martinelli or Iera among others could told ya!

[@borisgurevich5504]

Vino was an amazing cyclist. He was caught cheating but I am not sure he was any dirtier than the rest of the peloton at the time. And it appears that he won the Olympics clean (well they did all sorts of possible checks). You can think of how many youngsters took up cycling in his native Khazachstan just because of him. It’s not an excuse but still…

[@isitrachelorj3953]

@@borisgurevich5504 supposedly he "bought" that Olympic title, and watching the film supports that claim. He doped, he runs a "team of last resort" for dopers (the list is long) and all his best buddies in the sport are doped, running doped teams. There should be no place in the sport for people like him, Gianetti, Erzin, Riis . . .

[@borisgurevich5504]

Satire is good but lots of unproven innuendo is thrown around. There is zero proof that Cav did anything wrong. He has mingled with dopers and doping facilitators? That’s hardly proves anything. And by the way building, owning and running a business does require lots of work. A friend of mine used to own a restaurant, and he struggled to find time to sleep.

[@cyclinghighlights]

Yes, because all teamates of Ulle, Lance, Mayo, Escartin, Virenque were clean so now, Wiggins and Froome teamates are clean. That's amazing. And yeah, of course, the restaurant of your friend is the same of those millionaire guys with supermodels and good friends with money. The same!!

[@borisgurevich5504]

@@cyclinghighlights proof by association?

[@nicedoppy2077]

@@borisgurevich5504 by so bad associates already!!

[@Edwardian]

Thanks man for cooking up that Astana vid! It’s even more ridiculous than i envisioned

[@immatureradical]

When it comes to scummy behavior, Vinokourov seems to be on a different league even in comparison to the most notorious dopers. I'm kind of surprised that you haven't made a video about his illustrious career yet.

[@michaelsteven1090]

Thanks!

[@michaelsteven1090]

"older than a forest" 🤣

[@cyclinghighlights]

Thank you very much!!

[@JohnVieto]

LOL! They just get better and better! Don't ever stop doing these please. Pro cycling really stinks. You'd have thought after Armstrong it'd get better but alas no.

[@tommaguzzi1723]

Well the average race speeds, climbing and TT times have all got better.

[@JohnVieto]

@@tommaguzzi1723 😂🤔😉

[@tommaguzzi1723]

@@JohnVieto i am no expert on emojis but that looks like you got there in the end.

[@JohnVieto]

@@tommaguzzi1723 🤔

[@ronmeier578]

sounds more like libal to me claiming someone had a motor in his bike, with no proof! claiming he jumped in his van and ran over the race director, with no proof of him even being in the van ! puting a picture of cavindish on the front claiming motor doping, i would assume it was cav. the only motor here was your mouth ! and that sounded like a dr seuss narrated book .

[@SuperDodoe]

I believe him...ever single word

[@columkenn]

If 1 is caught with an electric bike you can be certain loads of others are also cheating with electric bikes

[@tannerslomko]

This is one of the greatest cycling stories I've ever heard. Amazing video.

[@TheRealRoch108]

These keep getting better...

[@muradtalukdar4401]

He re-directed the race director.

[@ryandorris7144]

Older than a forest.Ha, Ha, I love it.

[@kurt1391]

He keeps throwing around the term "millionaire." We need to retire that word because with inflation, a million isn't very impressive. Most people I know are millionaires and work in cubicles waiting for retirement.

[@NosyNorseman]

Obviously he has the talent for the next Transporter movie 🍿 🎦 Does anyone know if Jason Statham follows this channel ? 😂

[@davidtreichelpppj5304]

Cycling Highlights...heres one for you to spot on ... Thomas Weisal of the 90's SUBARU / MONTGOMERY CYCLING TEAM . US based team caught cheating at Finance as well . On his team ? "World Masters Champ" Glenn Winkle who didn't have to train hard to get to Top Level . Yes now it all makes sense....

[@simonsaville9962]

I could be wrong, but I think this was a Dane-free episode! Still a belter, mind, as usual. Got to go and sort out the 'canopy', mooting with Treebeard later. 53, 'older than a forest' 🤣! Thank you, for the ENT-tertainment.

[@drphibes7666]

They teased us with a photo of Fuglsang in Astana kit but didn't deliver "the line".

[@madplanet3351]

Next they'll be saying they're all victims of the sport. Most thinking they're innocent until caught 😂.

[@marcogme]

So, who doesnt dope then

[@JohnVieto]

Eh...😫😱👀

[@cyclinghighlights]

Cavendish, obviously

[@davess61]

I blame.....the Danes!

[@MrDominicharrison]

Lampre’s biggest fan One of my favourite cycling pics

[@sparky6612]

Click bait thumbnail and over enthusiastic imagination of the narrator.

[@cyclinghighlights]

I explain in other comments why isn’t clickbait

[@ZacharyCoxTM]

I think im having a stroke

[@joeblack7469]

What’s this guys problem with pizza eh!!! 😂😂

[@pmcmpc]

Vasilis is a magician ... I wonder if things will change at his new team.

[@neilhollow1732]

Lot of wild unfounded allegations here. Smacks of jealousy.

[@cyclinghighlights]

Oh yes.. a lot of jealousy because my dream was winning stages at tdf... hahahahahaha

[@LiveStravaKOMs]

Dirty PRO sports like every elite level sport ,if you want to be elite level athlete you are forceD to take it or you must quit immediately because isn’t possible you to keep up with this SCAM people 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@owainworman]

it’s the music. the music is genius

[@Sills71]

VERY well said... old guys cheating to win races that no one cares about is the absolute height of douche baggery...

[@davidtreichelpppj5304]

WOW ! your connecting the dots is unrivaled.... ! I watched these people race ... Mark Cavendish raced through my town . He was climbing up amazing hills presumably clean ???

[@yorletsinnavtube]

I like this channel, I think. I'm glad it exists but I don't really understand it. Maybe I don't know enough about the back stories of alot of these guys? Is everybody d0pëd?

[@stevenfenech2320]

Lets just pretend bro!

[@TheRst2001]

Its all on Wikipedia. Start with history of doping in tdf since its start and your away 💫💥

[@kurt1391]

I'm in the same boat. The writing style is odd, and I can listen for a few minutes and feel like I'm losing the plot.

[@yorletsinnavtube]

@@kurt1391 Exactly. Good way of putting it.

[@Thesailingrunner]

Would love a daily about races and dynamics of current drama.

[@andrewlabat9963]

Funny and truthful, as they're are as doped now as ever..

[@savagepro9060]

I thought Cavendish was caught.😂🤣😆

[@cyclinghighlights]

Cavendish was caught treating someone well Will be the correct clickbait title

[@MarkKanaster-ev6pq]

Mark Cavendish wins the final stage of the 2024 Tour de France…not

[@cyclinghighlights]

Climbing at Paris Podium, making a speech like Lance one

[@marklydall8635]

cav v froome who would need to dope the most to win another stage of the TDF?

[@fulltimereds8547]

would love to know about that super clean GAN icon Chris Wizz Boardman

[@thomasjacquet2270]

He ran away and no one could check his bike ???

[@vittoriob.982]

Please bring back the old voice in the Italian channel

[@cyclinghighlights]

Havn’t time for that

[@papalegba6796]

They all been motor doping for over 25 years. The UCI know all about it 😂

[@bg147]

This was a funny one

[@davidanthony3781]

Who is the narrator? That voice!

[@backalleycqc4790]

The narrator is friend of the channel Bjarne Riis using an AI voice. Trust me, Bro...

[@paddyotoole2058]

@@backalleycqc4790Even Riis’s voice is doped 😅

[@backalleycqc4790]

@@paddyotoole2058 🤣🤣🤣 I wouldn't be surprised if doping substances fell out of the sleave of his shirt as he reached to shake your hand 🤣🤣

[@carolboya1]

haters everyhwere!

[@jasontate1135]

Vino - a new friend of the channel ;-)

[@imonsta]

"...were part of this team of cycling bastards!"

[@dookone7279]

I really don’t like MC as he cost Sagan an 8th jersey by being a cry baby. Who remembers the time trial where Vino fell off his bike 4 times. What the heck was going on there.

[@shenzhenpingpong]

What a STORY if true!

[@gman3215]

🤣Brilliant!

[@andreirlmeier]

All e-bikes are illegal

[@9090Glenn]

dude while it is reasonable and warranted to be sceptical about Pro riders - you literally paint EVERYONE in the Pro peloton as a doper - I would suggest there has been some improvement since the dark days of Lance and Froome and agree MORE needs to still be done - Pog-a-Bike winning the Giro by 1h 34m over all his rivals makes you wonder hmmmmmm maybe I should ride Zone 2 as his "Doctor" recommends - still - you are going too far when you literally accuse WITHOUT SUFFICIENT PROOF every Pro cyclist of doping just because they have had success - that is disingenuous on your part - while you might get views - your divide between FACTS and opinion is blurred - some of these Pro cyclist might one day hold you to account for defamation and WIN

[@cyclinghighlights]

Lance did that Then lost a lot of millions And a lot of losers doped so not only the winners dope

[@SamHocking]

It's just twitter and clinic nonsense put into a video, nothing particularly factual or real, but I agree it's without much evidence but then you should take it all as largely made up opinion and vacuous dots being joined to build something that might be plausible but always never is as Twitter proves.

[@peterrose9985]

Poor video.

[@jayeoliver9259]

Quel spectacle!!!

[@asnark7115]

Both stage wins and primes should only count when the rider finishes the race or tour. Just saying...

[@SamHocking]

Wouldn't be practical to have 21 podium ceremonies on the last day, not to mention would be a bit weird celebrating a rider who came maybe 2nd or 3rd as winning the stage.

[@kenhalal375]

There's only one thing better than pizza. And it's bacon! Didn't Eddie eat BLT's at the Giro?

[@ignaciosevil2157]

Cholesterol has been proven not to be bad or cause for bad heart health…. Keep up with nutrition 1% as good as you keep up with pro steroids users 😂

[@Carmelo-vr5rg]

Currently the use motor dope bike since Armstrong do it till now very existing and sophisticated invention and known by UCI.

[@birutabatuta]

how does it work it and how it is ignited? Whats the autonomy of the motor?

[@tommaguzzi1723]

​​@@birutabatutaI read they are installing small magnets in the wheel rim and a coils in the frame rails to make the entire wheel into electric motor. I don't know if this is true or even possible.

[@JohnCollins-th8hm]

If you arent laughing then stop watching. I cant imagine not laughing…

[@borisgurevich5504]

Vino was an amazing cyclist. He was caught cheating but I am not sure he was any dirtier than the rest of the peloton at the time. And it appears that he won the Olympics clean (well they did all sorts of possible checks). You can think of how many youngsters took up cycling in his native Khazachstan just because of him. It’s not an excuse but still…

[@cyclinghighlights]

Please. Please. That Uran not sprinting at the end hahaha...

[@rockhopper01]

Hey! I’m 53!! 😡

[@cyclinghighlights]

Like Chris Horner!!

[@888jucu]

Ur older than a forest mate, same as me ☝️🤣

[@TheRst2001]

Like a nice oak tree 🌳

[@allesiofondressi2602]

Exactly why I thank god I quit racing a long time ago, I have no desire to line up next to sub-human cheat garbage. I still chuckle knowing how badly I beat them all in my day though, that must hurt them in their sad little world, knowing how even with cheating they could never better a true champion.

[@kristianpedersen1163]

cheer up

[@marjanmoskov4679]

talking trash, very negative channel

[@daniellekiey-thomas1327]

What a load of horseshit

[@Wings_of_foam]

No shame.

[@sorenstirling8795]

what on earth have you got against Pizza?

[@carlosalbertoalmeidavilela6135]

so, where is the cheating?

[@cyclinghighlights]

Motor en una bicicleta

[@buddhaboy-]

This does not interest me… too much fat, not enough bacon 🥓

[@goansunborn]

So what's the word on Cav doping?

[@cyclinghighlights]

2 words White Kenyan

[@goansunborn]

@@cyclinghighlights I've seen the videos on Froomes anticw but have you got any examples of Cav with a motor? Btw I'm assuming he has been doping

[@alexlifeson9405]

mickey mouse

[@alexlifeson9405]

rambling nonsense

[@Panagiotis-Skordilis]

0:47 yeah cause the rest of that era was clean.

[@immatureradical]

Yeah totally, that is why Tzekos' athletes were the only ones who would not attend meetings where almost all other regular medal winners would compeye for the prize money. Have you seen this many athletes raising such huge red flags by suddenly transforming from utterly unexceptional to invincible like Kenteris did? We can speculate all we want about anyone and everyone doping, but it does seem like only Greeks were so much into it that they couldn't even afford to be seen anywhere between tournaments because they were sure to be found positive. Likewise, many were doping, but name another country that is so corrupt as to experience such a huge scandal like these two caused, yet the courts ultimately had the audacity to pretend to believe their hilarious traffic accident plot.

[@Panagiotis-Skordilis]

@@immatureradicalUSA ofc.

[@cyclinghighlights]

The Kenteris/Thanou story was crazy, one of the most hilarious ones in doping ever. If you could support a channel of doping stories in other sports…

[@immatureradical]

@@Panagiotis-Skordilis The US certainly had many doping cases, but Thanou's opponent Jones actually was vilified went to jail. In Greece we had these two acquited and Thanou even making demands claiming to be wronged by the Greek state. Is a murder attempt against a journalist who testified against them usual too? Greek doping checks being done by appointment? Kenteris, Thanou and sports administrators being shareholders in Tzekos' drug business? Tzekos would take every athlete whose performance was absolutely unremarkable for years and instantly turn them to winners, as if nobody would ever realize what this meant. Not to mention the hilarious Greek weightlifting team that was winning in every single category for years until an unexpected WADA test found 11 out of 14 of them positive, their poor coach a victim of another international plot against hellenism for sure. So either other countries' teams weren't doping in such a collective and extreme scale, or they had the common sense to make is seem more believable. I believe it's a bit of both. The sad truth is that while doping is an endemic problem in sports competition, some countries have the additional problem of running state sponsored doping programs where indeed, almost everybody's involved, all because of some silly notion of doping the public with "national pride". These are not that many, but Greece was certainly one of them. So "they're all dopers so what's the big deal?" just doesn't cut it for me.

[@dangurtler7177]

@@cyclinghighlights It only took seven years for the Greek courts to find them not guilty.

[@user-fo9bv2mm1g]

100% clickbait.

[@cyclinghighlights]

No. A cyclist was caught cheating with motor doping. He was fast and furious. And Cav trusted him and now he's angry.

[@lcdc27]

You should change your picture for creating the obvious click bait. You know what you’re doing!

[@cyclinghighlights]

What? Dude, you should change your comment for creating the obvious hate. You know what you’re doing!

[@lcdc27]

Not sure you can suggest my message creating obvious hate. Check your picture and headline, you know what you’re doing and it’s a disgrace. Apply it to those directly you are accusing. If I was Cav I’d be in touch with having your video and channel removed. But hey, that’s me. And nothing to do with it being Cav, it’s the fact you’re not being 100% truthful!

[@cyclinghighlights]

If you were Cav you will insulting me and kicking my head I’m not accusing anyone of motor doping except for Gio Iera.

[@revelationdetailers894]

Cycling, unfortunately, is getting evermore tainted with the doping! Bring back the early days of cycling!

[@lucaswilliams1011]

Dose every cyclist dope?

[@cyclinghighlights]

Nope

[@61amaral]

Click bait 😢

[@cyclinghighlights]

Why? Another cyclist was caught cheating with motor doping, he was fast and furious in the van and is a friend of Cavendish (and paid his salary)

[@68Bards]

Because it’s smearing Cavendish - who has never been charged with motor or doping. All riders have associated with dopers as the sport has been riven so unavoidable. Doesn’t mean they’re cheats themselves. This is beneath you.

[@cattycats4]

@@68Bards cavendish is truly 110% not doped, he has the face of sincerity incarnate, hes just better than other people of course!

[@cyclinghighlights]

xDD I didn’t accuse Cavendish of motor doping dude. In the thumbnail you could see an angry Cavendish (his natural state) because of the Iera case dude. And yes of course, whenever you’re with dopers around you, the most probably thing is you’re 120% clean.

[@68Bards]

@@cyclinghighlights I didn’t say you had. I’m just highlighting no substantiated cheating of any type. All cheating equally unacceptable- which is why I’ve enjoyed your channel ripping apart the wrong ‘uns. Anyone riding at an elite level will be wittingly or unwittingly alongside a cheat. It’s unfair on them to have to compete against them, and equally unfair to have that injustice compounded by lazy ‘guilt by association’.

[@georgeorwell7776]

chat-gpt clearly hates cheaters

[@kevinmitchell7527]

Who’s this nobody speaking ? 👎

[@cyclinghighlights]

His name is Kevin Mitchell

[@brockjennings]

It's laughable to believe that professional cycling is clean given how many retired riders from the doping era are in positions of team management. Even reality will eventually catch up with tadEj POgačar given time.

[@felixjackson2670]

Could only watch about two minutes of this rubbish…sorry.

[@cyclinghighlights]

Cavendish fan? Italian Trattoria fan? Or even worse, SKY fan?

[@larryt.atcycleitalia5786]

trah-tor-EE-ah, not trattory-ah, OK, even if it looks like a copy of Olive Garden. Italian food loved by Russians worldwide I guess?

[@Paggi10no]

More Froomie vids pls,

[@barriem5318]

This site really hates cycling. Why not move to another sport?

[@cyclinghighlights]

Hahaha, no dude we love cycling, it’s obvious! But not love the hagiographic stories of pro sports Why not move to another channel?

[@barriem5318]

@@cyclinghighlights it doesn't look like you love the sport of cycling. Sooner or later you'll get sued.

[@DerAusdauersportler]

Is there any pro sports without doping? Get your head out of the sand box and back into reality!

[@davidlard8490]

This is totally NOT true. This story is one of the many about doping in cycling that he knows is not true. Trying to kill the sport of cycling shows ignorance. Maybe this guy was a failure at the sport and a really bad sport.

[@backalleycqc4790]

Did you ever race?

[@christopherthomas3403]

This is true. Iera, and someone else in the vehicle, are being charged by police after trying to flee.....'An extraordinary story has emerged from the long-running French amateur stage race Routes de l’Oise, where the rider placed third overall heading into the final stage was reportedly suspected of motor doping and subsequently ran down the race director in his car in an attempt to escape detection. Giovambattista Iera, a 53-year-old Italian cyclist and former actor, had been suspected of cheating by both the race organisers and his fellow competitors after an attack on Saturday’s second stage saw him close a big gap to the breakaway. With strange noises allegedly heard from his bike, the Italian was reportedly asked to present his bike by race director Frédéric Lenormand on the morning of Monday’s fourth and final stage, but he reportedly fled to a nearby vehicle and looked to make his exit. ...... After Iera had been approached by race officials on Monday morning and subsequently fled the scene, his AC Bellaingeoise team was excluded from the final stage, with the team’s manager ensuring that they did not know of Iera’s alleged deception. The team have subsequently suspended Iera and his personal coach, a fellow rider and former professional named Miguel Ubeto, from the outfit. “We had suspicions about potential cheating,” explained Lenormand himself, the president of the race and current race director. “I wanted to hold him back but he fled. He hit me with his car and I did a hundred metres on his hood. It could have been much worse” ' Look it up. Plenty of articles on-line reporting it.

[@cyclinghighlights]

Shut up David. You’re lame.

[@daveyboy6210]

@@cyclinghighlights you are defo on the special list