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An amateur cyclist who fitted an electric motor to his bike for a race has been ordered to do 60 hours of community service as well as being banned from racing for five years.

Dordogne racer Cyril Fontayne, 43, was stopped in a race at Saint-Michel-de-Double, north-west of Mussidan, after being spotted in an earlier race at Eyzies where he had 鈥榮uddenly shown amazing speed on the climbs鈥�.

In the Saint-Michel race he and another younger racer were well ahead before he stopped with a puncture. A motor was found in the frame of the bike and a battery in the water bottle.

The case was the first time a 鈥榤echanical cheat鈥� had faced court action and only the second time a rider has been caught 鈥� the other was in Belgium 鈥� but as Fontayne, a member of SA Mussidan, was only a third category amateur racer it raised doubts about other cheats in racing.

He claimed when caught that the site where he bought the motor sold 鈥�20 to 30 a month鈥�.

After he was stopped during the race at Saint-Michel-de-Double last October Fontayne told France Bleu P茅rigord radio he 鈥渄idn鈥檛 do it for money鈥� and 鈥渄idn鈥檛 want to be champion of Dordogne鈥� it was to 鈥渇eel the sensation again鈥� after having a herniated lumbar disc earlier in 2017 and not being able to race.

Fontayne had won several bonuses while racing with the bike and was found guilty of fraud by the P茅rigueux court. He was ordered to pay a symbolic 鈧�1 to the F茅d茅ration Fran莽aise de Cyclisme and 鈧�33 to a bike club in Cr茅on, Gironde, where he had also raced.