Christian Pfannberger
Pfannberger in 2007 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Christian Pfannberger |
Born | (1979-12-09) 9 December 1979 (age 44) Judenburg, Austria |
Team information | |
Current team | None |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Classics specialist |
Professional teams | |
2002 | Nurnberger Versicherung |
2003 | Volksbank–Ideal |
2004 | eD'System-ZVVZ |
2006–2007 | Elk Haus–Simplon |
2008 | Barloworld |
2009 | Team Katusha |
Major wins | |
National Road Race Champion (2007, 2008) | |
Christian Pfannberger (born 9 December 1979) is an Austrian former professional road racing cyclist. He was a two-time Austrian national road-race champion (2007 and 2008).[1] Other achievements included winning the U23 National Championship in 2001 and the Giro del Capo, a stage race in South Africa in 2008. In spring 2008 he had top 10 finishes in all three of the Ardennes classics. Pfannberger was handed a lifetime ban by the Austrian National Anti-Doping Agency for his second doping violation.
Doping
Pfannberger served a two-year suspension between 2004 and 2006 for a positive testosterone test.[2] In May 2009, he was suspended by Team Katusha pending clarification of a non-negative doping test at an out-of-competition control in March of that year.[3] He had been on Katusha's preliminary start list for the 2009 Giro d'Italia, but he was suspended and replaced by Alexander Serov when news of the positive test broke.[4]
On 29 June, it was announced that his B sample had also tested positive, and that he would face a hearing in the next eight weeks which could result in Pfannberger being suspended for a period ranging from eight years to a lifetime ban.[2]
Pfannberger was subsequently handed a lifetime ban by the Austrian National Anti-Doping Agency for his second doping violation. He has consistently maintained that he has never doped, and will challenge the lifetime ban.[5]
Major achievements
- 2001
- (U23) National Road Race Champion
- (U23) Thüringen-Rundfahrt & 1 stage
- 2006
- 3rd Overall, Tour of Austria
- 1st, Stage 3
- 2007
- National Road Race Champion
- 2008 – Barloworld
- 1st, Overall, Giro del Capo
- 1st, Stage 1
- 6th, Amstel Gold Race
- 9th, La Flèche Wallonne
- 5th, Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- National Road Race Champion
- 8th, 2008 UCI Road World Championships
- 2009
4th, GP Miguel Indurain9th, Amstel Gold Race
References
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Austria (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Pfannberger's B-Sample positive for EPO". 29 June 2009.
- ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/may09/may06news3 [bare URL]
- ^ "Giro hopeful Pfannberger suspended by Katusha". 6 May 2009.
- ^ "Lifelong ban for Pfannberger after second doping violation". 21 November 2009.
External links
- Profile at Barloworld official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-04-28)
- Christian Pfannberger at Cycling Archives
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