David Rozman leaves the Tour de France. ARD research had proven: The Slovenian chief carer of the Ineos team is said to have been involved in the Erfurt blood doping ring in the early 2010s.
A month after the ARD documentary “Secret Doping: In the slipstream”, the International Test Agency ITA would like to question his chief nurse David Rozman, according to the Ineos team. A corresponding report by the English newspaper “The Guardian“Before the third last stage of the Tour de France on Friday (July 25th, 2025), Ineos confirmed the ARD.
“According to the recent allegations in the media reports, David Rozman has received a request from the ITA to appear to be a survey. Accordingly, he retired from his racing tasks and left the tour“, it said in the IneOS position. The ITA, which does the anti-doping work for the Radsport World Association UCI, did not want to confirm or deny concrete investigations on ARD request, but mentioned” examination measures “.
David Rozman, chief carer of Ineos Grenadiers
The provisions stated that “Studies must be carried out confidentially and results may only be passed on if they lead to the persecution of one or more violations of anti-doping rules“, the ITA wrote:”This also includes the disclosure of all details on the examination measures taken during this procedure.“The Ineos and Rozman team did not answer ARD’s repeated request. Rozman did not want to comment even in direct exchange with ARD-doping expert Hajo Seppelt during the Giro d’Italia.
First Froome’s caretaker, today “Head of Carer”
According to the “in the slipstream”, Rozman is said to have stood in close connection to the doping wire the Mark S. at least in 2012 and 2013. However, the present suspicions against David Rozman were criminal in 2019 when the “Operation Adlass” against doping doctor Mark S. began. David Rozman was never investigated, the presumption of innocence applies.
Since anti-doping institutions, which could have been investigating due to longer limitation periods in sports law until 2023, did not initiate any investigation, the Slovenian was able to continue making a career at Ineos and the previous team Sky. An IT forensic artist who read the chats on behalf of the public prosecutor’s office had named Rozman at the public hearing in Munich as “helper” by Mark S..
At Ineos, Rozman today heads the 14-member team of the British racing team as “Head of Carer”. He is one of the longest-serving employees at Ineos and was already there at the heyday of the previous team Sky. Among other things, he worked as a personal nurse of the British Christopher Froome and was involved in all four Tour-de-France victories (2013, 2015-2017) of the driver that was outstanding at the time. There are no suspicions that Rozman Froome or other Sky drivers such as Bradley Wiggins doped into the cycling teams during his many years of work.
Olympic companion From Wiggins and Froome
Among other things, the two British superstars also looked after Rozman during the 2012 Olympic Games in London and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro as an officially accredited member of the British Olympic team at the street races. Wiggins won the individual time trial in London, Froome won bronze in the same discipline in London and Rio.
But even with a view to the Olympic participation of Rozman, there are no evidence of the Slovenian doping offense or the driver. A few days ago, Froome deleted all photos of themselves and Rozman from his Social media accountsafter the “Irish independent“As the first international medium of Rozman, namely in connection with the Erfurt blood doping ring.
David Rozman and Chris Froome at Olympia 2016 in Rio
Ineos: “Thorough examination”
For legal reasons, the ARD doping editorial team first reported on Rozman’s past in the Erfurt blood doping ring around the doctor Mark S. without mentioning the name. Rozman had left unanswered several ARD requests before and after the broadcast of “in the slipstream”.
Ineos had stated in the course of the publication that I did not want to comment at first. The team has now told the Guardian and the ARD that an external law firm had commissioned a “thorough examination” of the cause after the ITA Rozman for the first time in April 2025 according to Ineos “Z”u alleged earlier contacts“had interviewed. According to ARD information, this happened after the ITA became aware of” in the slipstream “by the ARD research. At that time, according to Ineos Rozman”assures that it does not investigate against him” become.
It is unclear why the ITA is now targeting the man and whether there are new suspicions. Ineos wrote to the Guardian and the ARD that the team is still “No evidence of a competent authority“The ITA announced that the team had received an information request that they” “Due to legal restrictions and confidentiality, do not pass on any information“could.
Mediation of a alleged doping dealer
The present strong suspicions against Rozman come from chat protocols, which were found in the course of the “Aderlass” investigation in the cell phones seized by Mark S. The ARD doping editorial team has received access to the original protocols, which contains chat courses between Mark S. and Rozman and another involved. According to the chats, Rozman S. Doping dealer have conveyed, which the Erfurt doctor again is said to have recommended to its customers as a doping agent supplier of prohibited means such as AICAR and TB500. The true identity of the informant is still unknown to the investigators.
In addition, today’s INEOS employee is said to have appeared as a donor for a third party involved in the chat. This money is said to have been used to buy blood doping utensils from companies in Vienna and Ljubljana. It was paid in cash that the trio mostly used Slovenian prepaid cell phone cards for communication, which is also said to have organized Rozman for Mark S..
Appointment for the meeting at the Tour de France 2012
Especially British media like the “The Times“Or now the” Guardian “spoke special attention to a chat between Mark S. and Rozman, which suggests that both men had arranged themselves in the Sky team hotel during the Tour de France in 2012. La Planche des Belles FillesWiggins drove into the yellow jersey. There are also no indications of doping offenses with regard to this fact.
According to the then responsible Staatanwalt Kai Gräber, Kai Gräber, which was then responsible, was not investigated against up to 20 suspects from the blood doping ring or in contact with the “Operation Adlass”. A few were then banged by the sports justice, which, in contrast to criminal law, is only slowed down by the limitation period after ten years – from cycling, for example, the professionals Alessandro Petacchi, Danilo Hondo and Kristijan Koren, all customers of Mark S.
According to ARD research, up to 14 people benefited against the sometimes serious suspicions, as well as Rozman from the statute of limitations that have already occurred, mostly from cycling. Neither the Munich public prosecutor, nor anti-doping institutions such as the ITA or the World Anti-Doping agency, provided specific information on their level of knowledge about the identity of these people.