https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/former-french-anti-doping-boss-accuses-lance-armstrong-of-motor-doping-495880
The former boss of French Anti-Doping has accused Lance Armstrong of motor-doping during his career, saying that the Texan's admittance of using EPO can't solely explain his performances.
"Lance Armstrong, this is the best scam. With complicity at all levels. He got special treatment. Many told me that I should not tackle legends, that I was going to find myself alone. But if the legends are mounted on anything...I also believe that he had a motor in the bike," Jean-Pierre Verdy told French television programme Stade 2 during an interview.
Motor doping, or mechanical doping, is a method of cheating by using a hidden motor inside the bike to add power, this 'technological fraud' is banned by the UCI.
I don't remember anyone bringing this up, so if this has already been covered, please forgive me...
Anyway, it looks like this guy is now accusing Armstrong of having a motor in his bike. Now granted, I have not followed this technology as it applies to bicycles, but it seems to me that this was nowhere near "ready for prime time" during his Tour winning years. I do not remember motor and battery technology having been refined by then to the point where we could hide anything of even remotely useful power in the bicycles of the day.
I think what we are seeing here is essentially a tech-illiterate doofus with a lingering hard-on for Armstrong. Anything to further discredit him...