Thomas Frei (cyclist)

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Thomas Frei Road cycling
Thomas Frei (2008)
Thomas Frei (2008)
To person
Nickname Thömu
Date of birth January 19, 1985
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
discipline Street
To the team
Current team Christina Watches-Onfone
Team (s)
2007–2008
2009–2010
2012
Team Astana
BMC Racing Team
Christina Watches-Onfone
Most important successes

one stage Grand Prix Tell 2009

Swiss Championships
Jersey of the Swiss champion Swiss Champion - Road (Juniors) 2002
Jersey of the Swiss champion Swiss Champion - Mountain (U23) 2006
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
  • Championship jersey Swiss Championship - Road (Juniors)
2006
  • silver Swiss Championship - Time Trial (U23)
  • Championship jersey Swiss Championship - Mountain (U23)
2009
2012

Teams

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Tages-Anzeiger : "Gedopter Thomas Frei explains how he deceived the inspectors" article from April 27, 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. ^ Doping: professionals and amateurs tell stories - Thomas Frei
  4. radsport-news.com: "Two years ban for free" accessed on June 29, 2010
  5. ^ "Dominium AG - Real Estate Lifestyle since 1945", accessed on March 1, 2013