Romain Bardet was interviewed by AFP about the case of mechanical doping. The French rider wants the Union Cycliste Internationale to take the necessary measures to avoid another case, but he is still confident in his sport.

"Now that the first case has been found the investigations into this needs to be pushed a little further to see the extent of the phenomenon. I hope for our sport that it is a very isolated case," he told AFP. "At the Tour de France we have seen that the bikes are checked, and it’s good that this will extend to other disciplines. I trust the international authorities to take on the problem head-on. When I see what the anti-doping authorities have accomplished, I’m confident that this type of mechanical cheating will be resolved as soon as possible."

Even if there are a lot of rumours about mechanical doping, the Ag2r La Mondiale leader explained he is not suspicious of his main rivals. "I’m not suspicious; that is not my way of working. It would not be good motivation. I try not to think about it until it materialises," he added.