 Pfannberger in 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Pfannberger |
| Born | (1979-12-09) 9 December 1979 (age 45) 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). 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. 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. 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.
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.
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.
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. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Pfannberger's B-Sample positive for EPO". 29 June 2009.
- http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/may09/may06news3
- "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 (archived)