Kloden named in German doping investigation

Andreas Kloden Tour de France 2007 st 10

A 60-page report detailing the illicit doping practices of riders in the German-based T-Mobile team from 1995 to 2007 has implicated current Astana rider Andreas Kloden, among others.

According to an in-depth article published by German magazine Der Spiegel, T-Mobile team doctors Lothar Heinrich and Andreas Schmid have been found to be responsible for systematic doping over a 12 year period, during which riders were given illegal performance-enhancing substances and blood transfusions.

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Nigel Wynn
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Nigel Wynn worked as associate editor on CyclingWeekly.com, he worked almost single-handedly on the Cycling Weekly website in its early days. His passion for cycling, his writing and his creativity, as well as his hard work and dedication, were the original driving force behind the website’s success. Without him, CyclingWeekly.com would certainly not exist on the size and scale that it enjoys today. Nigel sadly