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AP October 12, 2010 7:58AM
THE manager of cyclist Bernhard Kohl - who shared the Tour de France winners podium with Cadel Evans in 2008 - has been jailed over blood doping offences.
Stefan Matschiner, 35, was sentenced to 15 months in prison - 14 of which are conditional - over offences concerning the retired Austrian cyclist Kohl to for blood doping and selling doping products.
Kohl stood on the winner's podium in 2008 in Paris, besides winner Carlos Sastre of Spain and second-placed Evans, as the best hill climber in the race. Kohl was disqualified after he later admitted using substances to aid his performance.
Matschiner was found guilty on Monday of giving EPO, testosterone, insulin and growth hormones to Kohl, his former teammate Markus Zberg, triathlete Lisa Huetthaler and five unnamed others from 2005 to 2008.
Matschiner had acknowledged the charges at the start of his trial in August.
Kohl won the polka-dot jersey for best climber at the 2008 Tour de France but later admitted he used the banned blood booster CERA.
Kohl was banned for two years by national anti-doping authorities in November that year and ended his career shortly afterward.
Matschiner was kept in custody for five weeks in early 2009 after he was named by Kohl and triathlete Huetthaler as their supplier of performance-enhancing drugs.
Prosecutors said several other athletes had also mentioned Matschiner's name in relation to doping suppliers.
Matschiner is a former 1,500-metre runner who founded the sports agency ISA in 2003 to manage track and field athletes and cyclists.
Matschiner also managed Michael Rasmussen when the Danish cyclist was removed by his Rabobank team from the 2007 Tour de France when he was leading and seemed certain to win. The team said Rasmussen lied about his whereabouts when he missed pre-race doping tests.
THE manager of cyclist Bernhard Kohl - who shared the Tour de France winners podium with Cadel Evans in 2008 - has been jailed over blood doping offences.
Stefan Matschiner, 35, was sentenced to 15 months in prison - 14 of which are conditional - over offences concerning the retired Austrian cyclist Kohl to for blood doping and selling doping products.
Kohl stood on the winner's podium in 2008 in Paris, besides winner Carlos Sastre of Spain and second-placed Evans, as the best hill climber in the race. Kohl was disqualified after he later admitted using substances to aid his performance.
Matschiner was found guilty on Monday of giving EPO, testosterone, insulin and growth hormones to Kohl, his former teammate Markus Zberg, triathlete Lisa Huetthaler and five unnamed others from 2005 to 2008.
Matschiner had acknowledged the charges at the start of his trial in August.
Kohl won the polka-dot jersey for best climber at the 2008 Tour de France but later admitted he used the banned blood booster CERA.
Kohl was banned for two years by national anti-doping authorities in November that year and ended his career shortly afterward.
Matschiner was kept in custody for five weeks in early 2009 after he was named by Kohl and triathlete Huetthaler as their supplier of performance-enhancing drugs.
Prosecutors said several other athletes had also mentioned Matschiner's name in relation to doping suppliers.
Matschiner is a former 1,500-metre runner who founded the sports agency ISA in 2003 to manage track and field athletes and cyclists.
Matschiner also managed Michael Rasmussen when the Danish cyclist was removed by his Rabobank team from the 2007 Tour de France when he was leading and seemed certain to win. The team said Rasmussen lied about his whereabouts when he missed pre-race doping tests.
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