Thomas Frei (cyclist)
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| Thomas Frei (2008) | |
| To person | |
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| Nickname | Thömu |
| Date of birth | January 19, 1985 |
| nation |
 Switzerland
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| discipline | Street |
| To the team | |
| Current team | Christina Watches-Onfone |
| Team (s) | |
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2007–2008 2009–2010 2012 |
Team Astana BMC Racing Team Christina Watches-Onfone |
| Most important successes | |
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one stage Grand Prix Tell 2009
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| Last updated: April 19, 2018 | |
Thomas Frei (born January 19, 1985 ) is a former Swiss cyclist .
Career
Thomas “Thömu” Frei became Swiss junior champion in road racing in 2002. As a U23 driver, he won the Swiss Mountain Championship in 2006.
2007 moved to the Kazakh ProTeam Astana . From 2009 until his release in April 2010, Frei was under contract with the Swiss-American BMC Racing Team .
Doping ban 2010
In April 2010 it became known that Frei had been able to detect the intake of the blood doping agent EPO in an A-sample. Frei then admitted the use of doping and refrained from opening the B sample; the BMC Racing Team separated from him. According to Frei, he first consumed EPO in 2009.
In June 2010 the disciplinary body of Swiss Olympic sentenced Frei to a two-year ban and a fine of 1,500 francs. The demand for a higher penalty from the “Swiss Antidoping Foundation” was rejected by Swiss Olympic.
Since the beginning of 2013 he has been managing director of the real estate company Dominium AG .
successes
- 2002
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Swiss Championship - Road (Juniors)
- 2006
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Swiss Championship - Time Trial (U23) -
Swiss Championship - Mountain (U23)
- 2009
- one stage Grand Prix Tell
- 2012
- Team time trial Tour of China I
Teams
- 2007 Astana
- 2008 Astana
- 2009 BMC Racing Team
- 2010 BMC Racing Team (until August 31)
- 2012 Christina Watches-Onfone (from May 11th)
Web links
- Thomas Frei: Professional cyclist fights for a clean comeback in: The Sunday of December 25, 2010
- Thomas Frei in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tages-Anzeiger : "Gedopter Thomas Frei explains how he deceived the inspectors" article from April 27, 2010.
- ↑ NZZ : "From cycling to the chicken farm? The BMC driver Thomas Frei admits that he has been doping himself with EPO since 2009." Article of April 28, 2010.
- ^ Doping: professionals and amateurs tell stories - Thomas Frei
- ↑ radsport-news.com: "Two years ban for free" accessed on June 29, 2010
- ^ "Dominium AG - Real Estate Lifestyle since 1945", accessed on March 1, 2013
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Free, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thömu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1985 |