Rider-turned-agent says he has not spoken to investigators
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Tony Rominger wins the rain soaked time trial to Assisi in 1995(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Michele Ferrari leaves a tribunal in Bologna, Italy in 2004(Image credit: AFP)
Tony Rominger leads Pantani in the Giro.(Image credit: Sirotti)
Tony Rominger has denied that his management company has been implicated in a system of money laundering and fraud linked to an alleged doping ring involving his former trainer Dr. Michele Ferrari.
The Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick published allegations that money from Ferrari’s activities passed through Rominger’s management company, but in a statement on Monday, Rominger denied the accusation.
“Tony Rominger formally contests these accusations of tax evasion and money laundering being reported in the media,” read the statement, according to AFP. The statement added that Rominger had “never been called upon to provide information to the penal, civil or administrative judicial system — either Swiss or Italian.”
“There were never any sums of money transferred from an account of the sports management agency Tony Rominger Management Limited, founded by Tony Rominger, to a Swiss bank account that was related to Michele Ferrari’s business.”
Rominger was coached by Ferrari during a career that saw him win the Vuelta a España three times (1992-94), the Giro d’Italia (1995) and break the world hour record (1994). Rominger claimed that he has not been in contact with Ferrari “for very many years.”
