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Jaksche looking for team
German rider Jorg Jaksche, whose one-year doping suspension ends on June 30, will give himself till July to find a new team, he told Eurosport Germany on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old, who has previously ridden for Telekom (1998-2000), ONCE (2001-03), CSC (2004) and Liberty Seguros (2005-06), owned up on his own initiative to have been involved in the blood-doping network of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes though he has never failed a test.
"If I have not found anything by July, I will have to be honest with myself," Jaksche said. "I can't and have no desire to wait forever. The UCI and race organizers have said they are not against my return, but nobody wants someone who has spit in the soup."
However the 2004 Paris-Nice winner said his decision to cooperate with authorities doesn't seem to have hurt how others in the professional peloton view him.
"None of the riders I have met have been hostile to me and my relationships with them have been completely normal," he said.
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