Its real and I find it technologically fascinating as they were using the frame and wheel as motor.
In January 2016 – almost six years after initial allegations of a pro cyclist
doping mechanically – the first confirmed use of "mechanical doping" in the
sport was discovered at the 2016 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships when one
of the bikes of Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche was found to have a
secret motor inside. One blogger described it as the worst scandal in cycling
since the doping scandal that engulfed Lance Armstrong in 2012.