Austrian cyclist Kohl admits failed test

VIENNA: Austrian Bernhard Kohl on Wednesday admitted doping in the Tour de France in July when he finished as best climber and third overall in the race, and said he would work to help rid cycling of the scourge.

The results of a doping test he took "correspond to the facts. I succumbed to temptation", the 26-year-old told a hastily arranged news conference on his return to Vienna, two days after his team manager reported the failed test.

Team manager Hans-Michael Holczer told media then that Kohl had tested positive for EPO CERA, or Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator, the second Gerolsteiner rider found to have taken the substance to improve his performance.