Austrian team dismissed Kerschbaum

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The Austrian Continental team RV ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein announced that it has cancelled its contract...

The Austrian Continental team RV ARBÖ Wels Gourmetfein announced that it has cancelled its contract with Christof Kerschbaum. The team said that "in all probability" Kerschbaum was the rider recently arrested for dealing in doping products.

The name of the person arrested this week has never officially been made public, although he has been identified in the press as "K", a 32-year-old rider who has performed well on the national level.

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