Ralf Matzka

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Ralf Matzka Road cycling
Ralf Matzka (2016)
Ralf Matzka (2016)
To person
Date of birth August 24, 1989
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Road / train
End of career 2016
doping
2016–11 / 2018 Tamoxifen metabolites
Team (s)
2008
2010
2011–2012
2013–2016 		Team Ista
Heizomat
Thuringian Energy Team
Team NetApp-Endura / Bora-Argon 18
Last updated: January 11, 2018

Ralf Matzka (born August 24, 1989 in Villingen-Schwenningen ) is a former German cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2007 Matzka won a stage of the international junior cycling tour in Upper Austria. At the European Junior Track Cycling Championships in Cottbus, he won silver in the points race and gold in the Madison . At the German championship he won the competitions in the Madison, the team pursuit and the points race among the juniors .

In 2008 and 2010 Matzka drove for the Continental Teams Ista and Heizomat . During this time he won two stages in international tours on the road : in 2008 the third stage in the Tour de Korea-Japan and in 2010 the third stage in the Flèche du Sud . At the U23 European Track Championships in 2010, he won silver in scratch and bronze in Madison. In 2011 and 2012 he drove for the Thuringian Energy Team, which also belongs to the Continental category . For the 2013 season he switched to Ralph Denk's team, the NetApp-Endura team , which was called Bora-Argon 18 from 2015 .

On July 11, 2017 it was announced that Ralf Matzka had tested positive for tamoxifen during a training check on March 3, 2016 . For the small amounts of the substance found, dietary supplements or water can also be used as a source in addition to intentional intake. Matzka was not initially banned, but the legal proceedings under sports law have not yet been completed. He was initially no longer used by his team Bora-Argon 18 and his contract was not extended after the 2016 season. He contested his last professional race on April 3, 2016 at the Tour of Flanders . The investigation by the public prosecutor's office was discontinued in September 2016 due to a lack of suspicion. In January 2018 the World Cycling Federation Union Cycliste Internationale announced that Matzka had been banned retroactively for two years until November 2018.

successes

2007
  • one stage tour of Upper Austria
  • European champion Junior European Champion - Madison
  • German champions German Junior Champion - points race, Madison, team pursuit
2008
2010

Web links

Commons : Ralf Matzka  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bora has to declare a doping case from the previous year , sportschau.de, July 11, 2017
  2. ↑ Positive doping test with professional cyclist Matzka . In: The time . July 11, 2017, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed July 11, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Johannes Aumüller, Johannes Knuth Périgueux: German cyclist tested positive . In: sueddeutsche.de . July 11, 2017, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed July 11, 2017]).
  4. ↑ UCI bans Matzka for two years. In: rad-net.de. January 9, 2018, accessed January 11, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Matzka, Ralf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Villingen-Schwenningen