@virtuous_sloth Although they wouldn’t have requested his data if they hadn’t seen him holding that van so he could easily have gotten away with it (and not everyone has a power meter, certainly not required). It isn’t really telemetry - the organisers watch the gps tracks of the participants and in a big race like this they are out on the route in a car or two, but the data is in the computer on a rider’s bike - they can only see it if they ask for it. And they only ask if they have suspicions.

Most of the DQs on this kind of free route race are for riding on ‘forbidden’ roads (which are considered dangerous by the organisers).

I always thought cheating was about greed but people cheat even when there’s no prize or other reward for winning. I know that from the academic world but sometimes I’m still surprised by stories like these.