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SPORTSTuesday 2 February 2016
Djokovic how can I continue play- Paris, he was asked.
ing well through the rest of “Very hungry,” Djokov-
Slam the season at each tourna- ic smiled. “But the wolf
ment.” needs to eat a lot of differ-
Continued from front Returning to the metaphor, ent meals to get to Paris.
how hungry is the wolf for Paris is a dessert.”q
Emerson played in the
1960s and won his Austra- Bike manufacturer says will
lian titles in the amateur Belgian rider over motor use
era.
Djokovic’s strong start to Serbia’s Novak Djokovic holds his trophy as he poses for photos SAMUEL PETREQUIN Driessche is facing a six-
the season comes after with his Australian Open trophy at Government House in Mel- AP Sports Writer month suspension and a
a year that has been de- bourne, Australia, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Djokovic defeated PARIS (AP) — Italian manu- fine of 20,000 to 200,000
scribed as one of the finest Britain’s Andy Murray in the men’s final at the Australian Open facturer Wilier Triestina says Swiss francs (($19,575 to
in tennis history. He finished tennis championships on Sunday, Jan. 31. it will sue the Belgian cy- $195,750) while the Belgian
2015 at No. 1 for the fourth clist who used a motor on national team could be
time in five years. He won Associated Press her bike at the cyclo-cross fined as much as 1 million
the Australian Open, Wim- world championships in Swiss francs ($978,000).
bledon and the U.S. Open. 14 and Roger Federer’s re- Throughout the tourna- the latest scandal to rock “There was a concealed
He reached the final at the cord 17. ment, Djokovic was re- the sport. motor, I don’t think there
French Open, but lost to The so-called Big Four of peatedly asked about the Managing director Andrea is any secret about that,”
Stan Wawrinka. It was his men’s tennis — Federer, increasingly wide gulf be- Gastaldello said he was Cookson said at a news
third runner-up trophy at Nadal, Murray and Djokov- tween him at No. 1 and “stunned” by the news that conference. “But other
Roland Garros. ic — has been looking the rest of the players. Femke Van den Driessche than that, how that hap-
“Each year when I go more lopsided with Djokov- At his final news confer- competed in the under-23 pened, what the circum-
back I feel like I’m a step ic’s winning record. ence, Djokovic answered race over the weekend stances were, that will all
closer,” Djokovic said dur- He now leads the pack the question with a meta- with a concealed motor in be passed to the disciplin-
ing a TV interview after the with head-to-head wins phor. her Wilier Triestina bike. ary commission.”
final. He was asked, if he over them all — Federer The wolf that is running up “Our company will take After years of controversy
does win at the French and (23-22), Murray (22-9), Nad- the hill is much hungrier legal action against the marred by doping scan-
manage to capture four al (24-23). than the wolf standing at athlete and against any dals and the tainted reign
consecutive major cham- In Melbourne, Djokov- the top of the hill, Djokov- (person) responsible for this of Lance Armstrong, the
pionships, would he give it ic beat Federer in straight icsaid. very serious matter to safe- UCI has been tackling the
a name? On the women’s sets in the semifinals before “I believe that all the guys guard the reputation and motors issue seriously.
side, Serena Williams has moving on to Murray. Nad- that are out there fighting image of the company,” First speculation of techno-
done it before and her feat al lost in the first-round, rais- each week to get to No. the executive wrote in a logical doping emerged
was called the “Serena ing more questions about 1 are very hungry to get statement. in 2010 when Swiss rider
Slam.” whether his Grand Slam to No. 1,” he said. “I want Van den Driessche, who Fabian Cancellara was
“Djoker Slam. Not bad, I like winning days have passed. to enjoy, and I will, but it’s became the first cyclist forced to deny he won
that one,” said the 28-year- Last year was the first sea- not going to go for more caught for technological Paris-Roubaix and the Tour
old Serbian, referring to his son since 2004 that Nadal than a few days. After that, doping in a major competi- of Flanders with the help
nickname, the Djoker. did not win a major title. I’m already thinking about tion, denied any wrongdo- of an electric bike after a
“No doubt that I’m playing ing, claiming she mistaken- video appeared to show
the best tennis of my life in ly used a friend’s bike iden- him pushing a button on
the last 15 months,” Djokov- tical to hers without know- the handlebars during both
ic said. “The results are ing it had been equipped races.
showing that. I’m just trying with a motor. Bike checks were quickly
to keep it up.” One of the favorites, she introduced and have since
With his 11th major ti- withdrew from the race been carried out by the
tle, Djokovic is steadily won by Britain’s Evie Rich- UCI at cycling’s most pres-
gaining on Rafael Nadal’s ards because of a me- tigious events including the
chanical problem. Tour de France.
The UCI, or Union Cycliste “We’ve heard some stories
Internationale, cycling’s for a long time now about
governing body, has seized the possibility of this,” Cook-
her bike for further inves- son said. “We have been
tigation. President Brian alive to a potential way
Cookson said: “It’s abso- that people might cheat
lutely clear there was tech- and we have been testing
nological fraud.” a number of bikes and a
Under UCI’s technologi- number of events for sev-
cal fraud rules, Van den eral months.” q
