Holczer accuses Leipheimer of blood manipulation

Gerolsteiner general manager Hans Michael Holczer

Gerolsteiner general manager Hans Michael Holczer (Image credit: Shane Stokes)

Former Gerolsteiner team manager Hans-Michael Holczer has claimed that Levi Leipheimer's blood values during the 2005 Tour de France “showed a very high probability of manipulation,” the German press agency SID has reported.