The only debunking I've seen is putting a spinning tire down in optimal conditions, which of course has it spinning like it did in the video. The video has the bike bouncing off the ground several times and coming to a complete stop on the ground in the rider's hands, and then him letting go and it spinning away. At that point, the tire should have stopped all of it's rotational inertia.
It's not like they're going slow in those races - the wheel probably had a lot of momentum.
In any event, reposting an old video, with a couple of grainy shots of unidentified riders whose bikes were not subsequently checked counts more as "casting aspersions" rather than "proof" in my book.
I wouldn't be entirely surprised if someone somewhere was cheating, but I've come to dislike these kinds of hit pieces.
Well obviously no one is being disqualified on this video alone. The idea is to draw attention to what could be a real issue.
But calling it debunked because of another video that is just as dubious seems a little like hand-waving. What's happening is that people are trying to get the officials to look into the idea that there may be tiny hidden motors in some bikes. And what you're doing seems like you're trying to avoid that from happening.
People have been talking about this issue for a while in the cycling community. That's why they're doing tests. I'm more than happy for them to do more tests, too, so... no, i'm not against that, at all.
What I don't like are 'accusations' that aren't aimed at anyone and so just kind of sit there.
Also, when you see that the Corriere della Sera barely covers bike racing, but then splashes out on big things like this, it's pretty grating. It's like bike racing is only important when we're talking about doping or cheating or something.
* They didn't actually name anyone.
* They didn't catch anyone with a motor, red handed.
* They did, however, manage to produce another 'cycling is dirty' narrative.
Pretty useless, IMO.