Patrik Sinkewitz

Germany Tour 2004 Around the 2007 Henninger Tower

Patrik Sinkewitz ( born October 20, 1980 in Fulda ) is a former German professional cyclist.

Career start

Patrik Sinkewitz began his cycling career with the RC07 Fulda. Later he went Köstritzer team, where he was coached by triple track world champion Gerald Mortag for the U23 team TEAG. Two years later he moved to the Italian GS1 team Mapei - Quick Step and began his professional career. In 2003, the team Mapei was dissolved after 600 professional victories. The team takes on ever since under the new sponsor Quick Step. Like many other drivers of Mapei, also Sinkewitz then moved to the Belgian successor team Quickstep Davitamon.

From 2006 to 2007 he drove in the T -Mobile team, where he was awarded a three -year contract, the team announced the extraordinarily for doping. Sinkewitz ' manager is former professional cyclist Tony Rominger.

His greatest achievement was the victory at the Tour of Germany in 2004, in which he prevailed among other things, against Jan Ullrich, when he took over the yellow jersey on the queen stage of Wangen im Allgäu to St. Anton am Arlberg and make it to the end of the Germany - Tour in Leipzig destination not relinquish it. Following this, he finished seventh in the Tour de Suisse.

His first Tour de France he went in 2005, and after he shone at the 2006 Early Years classics with strong performances, this was a sure ticket for his second tour in total attendance. As an important helper he was one of the pillars of the T- Mobile team and instrumental in that Andreas Kloden was able to achieve a place on the podium. Despite his helper services Sinkewitz landed still on the 23 in the final rankings.

After the 8th stage of the 2007 Tour de France on July 15, Patrik Sinkewitz collided on the journey to his hotel in Tignes with an audience. Sinkewitz had then because of several facial fractures and injuries to the shoulder and knees further participation in the tour up. The audience was also seriously injured, was in a coma, hovering at times in danger.

Doping

In 2000, working at the University Hospital Freiburg sports medicine Georg Huber tried to obtain an exemption for Sinkewitz ' increased hematocrit in the International Cycling Union UCI. This was rejected. In the same year Sinkewitz was initially granted a positive doping test. This was due to the local anesthetic benzocaine. Huber said the findings with the use of lozenges were taken due to a throat infection. This explanation was accepted by the German Cycling Federation without further prompting.

On 18 July 2007, the German Cycling Federation ( BDR) announced that at Sinkewitz in the A sample of an unannounced exercise control in the Pyrenees on 8 June 2007, a marked increase in testosterone - epitestosterone ratio was detected (the limit of 4: 1 was significantly exceeded with a value of 24:1 ). The BDR had been informed on the same day by the National Anti -Doping Agency, NADA about the positive doping test. The T-Mobile team suspended Sinkewitz then. As a consequence of this doping allegations, the public broadcaster Das Erste and ZDF withdrew from the live coverage of the Tour, Sat.1 took over the day after the transfer.

On 31 July 2007 confessed Patrik Sinkewitz, with the drug " Testogel " the company Jena Pharm to have doped, and gave up the opening of the B sample. His team dismissed him then. He faced a two -year ban and a minimum four-year driving ban for the Tour de France and other cycling races. Through his confession, however, its lock was reduced to one year.

Comeback and re- doping

Since the last quarter of 2008 Sinkewitz published on his personal website - the first German licensed cyclist ever - the results of its initiated by the UCI blood tests.

Fr the 2009 season signed Sinkewitz one-year contract with the Czech Professional Continental team PSK Whirlpool - Author. Thus he was the first German cyclist who could return to the Paid cycling after the use of doping leniency again.

On 18 March 2011 it was announced that Sinkewitz tested positive again on 27 February of the same year. In a blood control, according to the International Cycling Union UCI growth hormones were detected. Sinkewitz was provisionally suspended. As a repeat offender threatened him with a lifetime suspension. On June 19, 2012 Sinke joke was, however, from the German Sport Court of Arbitration ( DIS) acquitted of charges of doping and his suspension was lifted. The sports court stated that established by the World Anti -Doping Agency limits for the hormone hGH were not sufficiently reliable.

Against the doping acquittal of 2012, the National Anti Doping Agency, NADA had appealed to the International Court of Sport (CAS). This locked Sinkewitz by judgment of February 24, 2014 for eight years and was following the reasoning of the NADA that the artificial growth hormone recGH was detectable in Sinkewitz blood sample.

Achievements

2000

  • International Thüringen Tour

2001

  • Best young rider Lower Saxony Tour

2002

  • GP Winterthur

2003

  • German Vice Champion

2004

  • Japan Cup
  • A stage and Germany Appreciation Tour

2006

  • A stage 3 Country Tour

2007

  • Around the Henninger Tower
  • German Vice Champion

2009

  • A stage and Appreciation Sachsen-Tour
  • A stage Volta a Portugal
  • Istrian Spring Trophy a stage
  • Two stages and Appreciation Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
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