German cyclist
Jörg Armin Jaksche[1] (born 23 July 1976 in Fürth) is a German former road bicycle racer. In 2007 Jaksche admitted he was guilty of blood doping.
Biography
Jaksche has been cycling professionally since 1997, racing for the teams Polti (1997–1998), Team Telekom (1998–2000), ONCE (2001–2003), CSC (2004), Liberty Seguros–Würth/Astana (2005–2006) and Tinkoff Credit Systems in 2007.
In 2004, he won the Tour Mediterranean and the Paris–Nice race.
In the 2005 Tour de France, Jaksche finished 16th overall, the best result of his six participations in the Tour. He had been 18th at the 1998 Tour de France and 17th at the 2003 Tour de France.
At the 2006 Tour de Suisse, Jaksche finished on the podium with a third-place finish.
Jaksche is now living in Sydney, Australia studying a Master of International Business at the University of New South Wales.
Doping
Jaksche was one of the nine riders held out of the 2006 Tour de France after being identified by investigators in the Operación Puerto investigation. On 30 June 2007 Jaksche admitted he was guilty of blood doping and that he was the Bella mentioned in the documents confiscated from Fuentes' clinic.[2]
Major results
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend
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DNF
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Did not finish
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