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.
In 2019, Preidler was implicated in the Operation Aderlass doping scandal, and was given a four-year suspension.
Career Preidler 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 . He rode for at the 2015 Tour de France, finishing 87th overall.
Doping In 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 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 () and the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible (MPCC; ). Preidler was handed a four-year ban on 27 June 2019.
Major results Source:
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 Championships 1st Time trial 3rd Road race 6th Overall Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 6 7th Raiffeisen Grand Prix 10th Overall Route d'Occitanie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Giro d'Italia— 27— 26 71 29 Tour de France—— 87 56—— Vuelta a España 36———— DNF
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish No. Disqualified result
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