14 Facts About Stefan Schumacher

Stefan Schumacher was born on 21 July 1981 and is a German former professional road racing cyclist.

Stefan Schumacher has been involved in a series of controversial incidents during his career.

Stefan Schumacher was implicated in a doping case in 2005 when he tested positive for an amphetamine.

Stefan Schumacher was cleared by the German Cycling Federation of a doping offence.

In 2006 Stefan Schumacher, now riding for Gerolsteiner, won the Eneco Tour of Benelux by one second after colliding with his main rival George Hincapie in the closing metres of the final stage, when time bonuses were available for the leading finishers.

Stefan Schumacher claimed he had collided first with a spectator and the race jury accepted his story.

On 6 October 2008 the media reported that Stefan Schumacher had tested positive for the controlled substance continuous erythropoietin receptor activator, a new generation of erythropoietin, in a blood sample taken during the 2008 Tour de France.

The German cycling federation was likely to take disciplinary action, however Stefan Schumacher continued to assert his innocence and believed he was eligible to ride in the 2009 season and having a contract with Quick-Step.

On 19 February 2009 Stefan Schumacher was banned for two years by the Union Cycliste Internationale.

In January 2010, the Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced Stefan Schumacher's ban, allowing him to ride again as from August 2010.

Stefan Schumacher was disqualified after these positive tests; he appealed against this to CAS, but dropped his appeal in April 2010.

In March 2013 Stefan Schumacher confessed to doping in an interview with the news magazine Der Spiegel.

Stefan Schumacher stated he started doping in his mid-twenties and used "EPO, growth hormone and corticosteroids".

Stefan Schumacher said that his former team Gerolsteiner tolerated doping and it became as banal as "having a plate of pasta after training".