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Ludwig dumps Pevenage from T-Mobile
The director of the T-Mobile cycling team has been fired because of allegations that he had been in contact with a Spanish doctor accused of doping.
The T-Mobile team had already suspended sporting director Rudy Pevenage and riders Jan Ullrich and Oscar Sevilla after they allegedly had contact with Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes, who is accused of being at the center of a blood-doping ring. Fuentes has been charged in Spain with crimes against public health.
Spokesman Christian Frommert said Pevenage was fired Saturday because the evidence indicated that he had had contacts with Fuentes.
"He told us that he had no contacts with Fuentes, and so he lied to all of us," Frommert said. Pevenage was an employee of T-Mobile manager Olaf Ludwig, not of the team itself, Frommert said.
Ullrich won the 1997 Tour de France and was a five-time runner-up. With Lance Armstrong's retirement, the German rider had been considered one of the favorites for this year's race before he was sent home before the Tour began on July 1.
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