Oscar Camenzind

Oscar Camenzind

Oscar Camenzind at 1997 Paris–Nice
Personal information
Full name	Oscar Camenzind
Born	(1971-09-12) 12 September 1971 Schwyz, Switzerland
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1996	Ceramica Panaria-Vinavil
1997-1998	Mapei–GB
1999–2001	Lampre–Daikin
2002–2004	Phonak
Major wins
Stage Races Tour de Suisse (2000) Single-Day Races and Classics World Road Race Championships (1998) National Road Race Championships (1997) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2001) Giro di Lombardia (1998)
Medal record Men's Road bicycle racing Representing   Switzerland World Championships 1998 Valkenburg Elite Men's Road Race

Oscar Camenzind (born 12 September 1971 in Schwyz, Switzerland) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Switzerland. He is national road champion of 1997.^[1] In 1998 he won the World Road Championship and the Giro di Lombardia, in 2000 he won the Tour de Suisse and he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2001. His career came to an abrupt end when he retired from pro cycling after a positive doping test in July 2004 for erythropoietin, leading into the Athens Olympics. After confessing to the use, "I made the stupidest of mistakes", in 2005 he was sued in Swiss court in order to name his supplier, which he refused to do fearing retribution.

Major Results

See also

• List of doping cases in cycling
• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

External links

• Oscar Camenzind at Cycling Archives

Awards
Preceded by Michael von Grünigen	Swiss Sportsman of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Marcel Schelbert