Austrian Kohl failed dope test on Tour

PARIS: Austrian Bernhard Kohl, who finished as best climber and third overall on the Tour de France in July, failed a dope test during the race, his team manager said on Monday.

"I had a phone call from Bernhard Kohl and he admitted he was notified with the news of a positive test. The substance is EPO CERA," his Gerolsteiner team manager Hans-Michael Holczer told media.

Kohl is the second Gerolsteiner rider to fail a dope test on the 2008 Tour de France after German Stefan Schumacher, who won the two time trials in the race, also tested positive for CERA (Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator).