X-ray equipped trucks will be used to detect riders secretly add motors to their bikes in big races like the Tour de France.
The X-ray cameras will check bikes after stages of the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, the Vuelta and the five biggest one-day races.
Cycling's international governing body the UCI said it's making the fight against what it calls "technological fraud" one of its top priorities.
Riders in races such as the Tour de France will come be followed by x-ray equipped trucks. Photo: Photosport
The former professional rider Jean-Christophe Peraud of France, who finished second in the 2014 Tour, was named "manager of Equipment and the Fight against technological fraud" by the UCI last November.
In 2016, Belgian rider Femke van den Driessche was banned for six years by the UCI in the first case of 'motorised doping' in cycling.
Femke van den Driessche Photo: Velonews
Van den Driessche, who was caught at the cyclo-cross world championships in Belgium, denied knowing that the bike broke the rules, and said it belonged to her friend.
-Reuters