Thomas Frei
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Thomas Frei is a Swiss road bicycle racer. Frei was Swiss Junior champion in road cycling in 2002. Between 2004 and 2006 he cycled for the Bürgis Cycling Team and won the Mountain Championship for U23 cyclists. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Frei rode for UCI ProTour
team before moving to for 2009 on a two-year contract. There he was roommate and domestique for future Tour de France champion Cadel Evans
.
Regrettably, in his second season with BMC, Frei tested positive for EPO
. He was withdrawn from competition by his team in April 2010 during the Giro del Trentino
when the doping violation was revealed, before the team released him altogether.
As of August 2011, Frei was training full-time with the intention of returning to professional cycling upon the completion of his two-year suspension from competition.
2003 (amateur)
2006
2009
UCI ProTour
The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...
team before moving to for 2009 on a two-year contract. There he was roommate and domestique for future Tour de France champion Cadel Evans
Cadel Evans
Cadel Lee Evans is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...
.
Regrettably, in his second season with BMC, Frei tested positive for EPO
Erythropoietin
Erythropoietin, or its alternatives erythropoetin or erthropoyetin or EPO, is a glycoprotein hormone that controls erythropoiesis, or red blood cell production...
. He was withdrawn from competition by his team in April 2010 during the Giro del Trentino
Giro del Trentino
The Giro del Trentino is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically mid-to-late April over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy....
when the doping violation was revealed, before the team released him altogether.
As of August 2011, Frei was training full-time with the intention of returning to professional cycling upon the completion of his two-year suspension from competition.
Results
2002 (amateur)- 1st Swiss Cycling Championships, Open Road Race
- 3rd Swiss Cycling Championships, Individual Time Trial
- 1st Mountainrun Bowil-Chuderhüsi
- 2nd Mountainrun Silenen-Amsteg-Bristen
- 2nd Habsburgrundfahrt
- 3rd Gerzenseerundfahrt
- 3rd Rund um die Rigi
- 3rd Varese
2003 (amateur)
- 2nd Mountain zeitfahren Niederbipp
- 1st GP Rüebliland, stage 3
2006
- 1st Swiss Cycling Championship Team Time Trial
- 1st Swiss Cycling Championship Mountain u23
- 2nd Swiss Cycling Championship Mountain Elite/Profi
- 2nd Swiss Cycling Championship Individual Time Trial u23
- 3rd Wileroltigen
- 3rd Gansingen
- 1st Mainfranken Tour, Mountainprize
- 1st GP Tell, Mountain Prize
- 1st La Brevine Team Time Trial
2009
- 1st GP Tell, Stage 4