Germany (TSR, Fre) – The sport of cycling has lost one of its most loyal backers with German company T-Mobile withdrawing support for its team after 16 years. T-Mobile chief executive Hamid Akhavan said he wanted to distance his brand from doping scandals that have blighted the sport.
Earlier this month T-Mobile rider Patrik Sinkewitz was banned for one-year after being found guilty of having illegal blood transfusions. In June the Danish rider Bjarne Riis was stripped of the 1996 Tour de France title he won in a T-Mobile jersey after admitting he had taken the blood-boosting drug EPO.
Posted by Graham Dunbar on 27 November 2007 at 20:23, last updated on 19 August 2008 at 15:58 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 27 November 2007.
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