New York — Team Sky, which has produced four of the past five Tour de France champions, and doping-disgraced Lance Armstrong denied using secret motors in bicycles, a CBS television report said Sunday. A segment on the show "60 Minutes" examined the possibility of motorised cheating in professional cycling, with three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond, admitted dope cheat former rider Tyler Hamilton and Hungarian designer Istvan Varjas, who makes hidden motors for bikes, saying they believed such cheating existed. "I know the motor is still in the sport," LeMond said. "There’s always a few bad apples because it’s a lot of money." Jean Pierre Verdy, a former French Anti-Doping Agency testing director, told CBS he had been disturbed by speeds on mountain climbs, saying informants among riders and team managers told him that about 12 riders used motors in the 2015 Tour de France. "They are hurting their sport, but human nature is like that. Man has always tried to find that magic ...
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