Having experienced possibly the worst week of his career, Hans-Michael Holczer, manager and owner of the soon-to-be-defunct Team Gerolsteiner, is leaving the sport entirely. He has been buffeted by doping scandals emanating from the actions of his team's riders; on Monday night it was announced that Bernhard Kohl had tested positive for CERA, the latest generation variant of EPO.
The 26-year-old joined Stefan Schumacher, whose positive was announced last week, as another Gerolsteiner rider to have doped during this year's Tour in a team that has always publicly indicated that its riders have competed clean.
