Christian Pfannberger
Military World Champion Road 1999 Stage Tour of Austria 2006 Mountain jersey Tour of Austria 2007 Giro del Capo 2008 Austrian National Champion road 2007, 2008
Christian Pfannberger ( born December 9, 1979 in Jews castle ) is a former Austrian professional cyclist, who has since been banned for life due to repeated doping.
Sports career
Christian Pfannberger began his professional career in 2001 with the German team Nuremberg, after he had already become 1999 Military World Champion. In 2003, he joined the Austrian team Volksbank- Ideal and ran from 2004 for the Czech team Ed ' system ZVVZ. In the same year he finished second at the Austrian Championships in road single.
In September 2004 Pfannberger was found guilty of doping with testosterone and banned for two years. After his suspension he resumed his career with the Austrian team Elk Haus -Simplon again, for which he also denied the 2007 season.
The Styrian-born retired in a fall on May 1, 2007 Around the Henninger Turm a broken collarbone and a bone chip in the wrist. Back in the race he intervened at the Austrian time trial championships on 28 June and was third in Podersdorf, three days later, he secured the Austrian National Championship on the road. The 59th Tour of Austria, he always wore as 20 Austrian Glocknerkönig in the annals of this tour one, he mastered the 13 km from the toll Ferleiten ( 1,151 m) to Fuschertörl ( 2,429 m) in 47:20 minutes, marking a new record time, but this was in 2008 undercut by Gerrit Glomser by two seconds.
For 2008, he signed a one-year contract with the Italian- English team Barloworld. In his first season climax, the Ardennes classics in the spring, he was able to place each in the top ten. In particular, he reached fifth place in Liège -Bastogne -Liège, which is one of the monuments of cycling. In autumn, the season he built again his form, especially in regard to the world championship in Varese, Italy. Before the World Cup he could top ten and podium places, mostly in the Italian autumn classics, retract. At the World Championships even he could win the eighth place in the road race.
On 6 May 2009 it was announced that Pfannberger tested positive for EPO at a training control on 19 March 2009. Then he was suspended from his team and locked as a repeat offender by the decision of the Austrian National Anti -Doping Agency on November 21, 2009 with effect from 19 March 2009 for life. Him were all from March 19, 2009 revoked the results obtained.
Achievements
Team
- 2002 Team Nürnberger Versicherung
- 2003 Volksbank- Ideal
- 2004 Ed ' system ZVVZ
- 2006-2007 Elk Haus -Simplon
- 2008 Barloworld
- 2009 Katusha Team