Georg Preidler (born 17 June 1990) is an Austrian cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2019. He won the Austrian National Time Trial Championships in 2015 and 2017, and was stripped of a third title won in 2018.
 Preidler after winning the 2011 Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Georg Preidler |
| Born | 17 June 1990 Graz, Austria |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional teams | |
| 2010 | RC Arbö–Gourmetfein–Wels |
| 2011 | Tyrol Team |
| 2012 | Team Type 1–Sanofi |
| 2013–2017 | Argos–Shimano |
| 2018–2019 | FDJ[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
| |
In 2019, Preidler was implicated in the Operation Aderlass doping scandal,[3] and was given a four-year suspension.
Career
editPreidler was born in Graz, Austria. As a junior, he won the national championship title, before Preidler began his professional career in 2010 at the Austrian Continental team RC Arbö–Gourmetfein–Wels. He rode for Team Giant–Alpecin at the 2015 Tour de France,[4] finishing 87th overall.[5]
Doping
editIn February 2019, Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung broke news that a number of professional cyclists had been implicated in the doping scandal uncovered at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019. Preidler confessed to having his blood extracted for a possible transfusion. On 3 March, Preidler confessed to Austrian police, whilst also terminating his contract with Groupama–FDJ via email. Preidler was due to race during the previous weekend, later admitting to having his blood drawn on two occasions late in 2018. The team then contacted the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the French Anti-Doping Agency (French: Agence française de lutte contre le dopage) and the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible (MPCC; English: Movement for Credible Cycling).[6][7] Preidler was handed a four-year ban on 27 June 2019.[8]
Major results
editSource: [9]
- 2011
- 1st
Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo - 1st Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2012
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour du Haut Var - 1st Mountains classification, Tour of Austria
- 3rd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 7th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 8th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 9th Flèche d'Emeraude
- 2013
- 1st Mountains classification, Étoile de Bessèges
- 3rd Rund um Köln
- 2015
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 2017
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st
Mountains classification, Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2018
National Road Championships1st Time trial3rd Road race
6th Overall Tour de Pologne1st Stage 6
7th Raiffeisen Grand Prix10th Overall Route d'Occitanie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | 27 | — | 26 | 71 | |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | 87 | 56 | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
36 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| Disqualified result |
References
edit- ^ "FDJ sign Sinkeldam to bolster Demare's sprint train". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
The French WorldTour team also confirmed the signing of experienced Grand Tour rider Georg Preidler, also from Team Sunweb.
- ^ "Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ Ballinger, Alex (16 January 2020). "Georg Preidler says he became involved in blood doping 'out of pure curiosity'". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Overall individual time classification". www.letour.com. 26 July 2015. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Preidler admits to blood extraction as doping investigation widens". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Madiot expresses 'surprise' and 'enormous disappointment' at Preidler doping confession". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Denifl and Preidler handed four-year bans after blood doping confessions". cyclingnews.com. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Georg Preidler". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ "Consequences Imposed on License-Holders as Result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules" (PDF). Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 November 2022. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
External links
edit- Georg Preidler at UCI
- Georg Preidler at ProCyclingStats
