Georg Preidler (born 17 June 1990) is an
Austrian cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport after being implicated in the ''
Operation Aderlass
Operation Aderlass (English: Operation Bloodletting) is an investigation in Austria and Germany into alleged doping practices carried out by Erfurt-based German physician Mark Schmidt. Athletes from various disciplines have been named as alleged ...
'' doping scandal.
Career
Preidler was born in
Graz
Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ...
,
Austria. As a junior, he won the national championship title, before Preidler began his professional career in 2010 at the Austrian Continental team . He rode for at the
2015 Tour de France
The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 4 July in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and concluding on 26 July with the Champs-Élysées stage ...
,
finishing 87th overall.
Doping
In February 2019, Austrian newspaper ''
Kronen Zeitung'' broke news that a number of professional cyclists had been implicated in the doping scandal uncovered at the
2019 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The 41st FIS Nordic World Ski Championships were held from 20 February to 3 March 2019 in Seefeld in Tirol, Tyrol, Austria. It was the second time Seefeld in Tirol hosted the world championships, the event having been hosted there previously in 19 ...
. Preidler confessed to having his blood extracted for a possible transfusion. On 3 March, Preidler confessed to Austrian police, whilst also terminating his contract with via email. Preidler was due to race during the previous weekend, later admitting to having his blood drawn on two occasions late in 2018. The team then contacted the
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the
French Anti-Doping Agency
The French Anti-Doping Agency (, AFLD) is an independent public authority formed in 2006 and charged with ensuring that participants in sports in France do not violate rules regarding doping.
As a national anti-doping organization ( NADO), the A ...
() and the
Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible (MPCC; en, Movement for Credible Cycling). Preidler was handed a four-year ban on 27 June 2019.
Major results
Source:
;2011
: 1st

Overall
Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
: 1st
Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U.
Winners
References
Cycle races in Italy
UCI Europe Tour races
Recurring sporting events esta ...
: 7th Overall
Tour de l'Avenir
;2012
: 1st

Mountains classification,
Tour du Haut Var
: 1st

Mountains classification,
Tour of Austria
The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2 ...
: 3rd
Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
: 7th
Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
: 8th
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
: 9th
Flèche d'Emeraude
;2013
: 1st

Mountains classification,
Étoile de Bessèges
: 3rd
Rund um Köln
;2015
: 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships
;2017
: 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships
: 1st

Mountains classification,
Vuelta a AndalucÃa
;2018
:
National Road Championships
::
1st
Time trial
::
3rd Road race
:
6th Overall Tour de Pologne
::
1st Stage 6
:
7th Raiffeisen Grand Prix
:
10th Overall Route d'Occitanie
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Austrian male cyclists
Sportspeople from Graz
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Austria
Doping cases in cycling
Austrian sportspeople in doping cases