Thomas Frei (born 19 January 1985) is a Swiss

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

. Frei was Swiss Junior champion in road cycling in 2002. Between 2004 and 2006 he cycled for the Bürgis Cycling Team and won the Mountain Championship for U23 cyclists. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Frei rode for

UCI ProTour The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle racing, road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI (International Cycling Union). Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, i ...

team before moving to for 2009 on a two-year contract. There he was roommate and domestique for future Tour de France champion

Cadel Evans Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing. A four-time Olympian, Evans is one of three non-Europeans – along with ...

. In his second season with BMC, Frei tested positive for EPO. He was withdrawn from competition by his team in April 2010 during the

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy. In 2015, th ...

when the doping violation was revealed, before the team released him altogether. As of August 2011, Frei was training full-time with the intention of returning to professional cycling upon the completion of his two-year suspension from competition.

Major results

;2002 :National Junior Road Championships ::1st MaillotSuiza

Road race ::3rd

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

: 1st Mountainrun Bowil-Chuderhüsi : 2nd Mountainrun Silenen-Amsteg-Bristen : 2nd Habsburgrundfahrt : 3rd Gerzenseerundfahrt : 3rd Rund um die Rigi : 3rd Varese ;2003 : 2nd Mountain zeitfahren Niederbipp :3rd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland ::1st Stage 3 ;2006 : 1st Swiss Cycling Championship

Team Time Trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

: 1st Swiss Cycling Championship Mountain u23 : 1st La Brevine Team Time Trial : 2nd Swiss Cycling Championship Mountain Elite/Profi : 2nd Swiss Cycling Championship

Individual Time Trial An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also trac ...

u23 : 3rd Wileroltigen : 3rd Gansingen :4th Overall

GP Tell The Grand Prix Guillaume Tell (; "William Tell Grand Prize") was a professional cycling race held annually in Switzerland. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were in ...

::1st Mountains classification :8th Overall

Mainfranken-Tour The Mainfranken-Tour was a cycling race held annually in Germany. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2U. Winners Mainfranken-Tour Internationale Ernst-Sachs-Tour Internationales Ernst-Sachs-Gedächtnis-Rennen Rund um Spessart ...

::1st Mountains classification ;2009 : 1st Stage 5

;2012 :1st Stage 1 Tour of China I ( TTT) :2nd

, National Road Championships

References

External links

Official Site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frei, Thomas Swiss male cyclists 1985 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Swiss sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in cycling Sportspeople from Lausanne Cyclists from the canton of Vaud 21st-century Swiss sportsmen