Ex-pro Pirmin Lang confesses involvement in Aderlass doping ring

Pirmin Lang (right) in action at the 2014 Tour de Romandie
Pirmin Lang (right) in action at the 2014 Tour de Romandie (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Swiss ex-professional rider Pirmin Lang has revealed he was part of the Aderlass doping network in a post on Twitter after an investigation by Swiss newspaper Neue Zurcher Zeitung. 

The 35-year-old, who rode for IAM Cycling between 2013 and 2016, is the seventh professional road rider to be implicated in the scandal.

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