page_title: Doping at the 2007 Tour de France
section_title: Patrik Sinkewitz
hierarchical_section_title: Doping at the 2007 Tour de France / Riders who failed tests / Patrik Sinkewitz
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Germany Frankfurt am Main Rund um den Henninger-Turm T-Mobile Team Patrick Sinkewitz
context_page_description: The 2007 Tour de France was affected by a series of scandals and speculations related to doping. By the end of the Tour, two cyclists were dismissed for failing tests and the wearer of the yellow jersey was voluntarily retired by his team for lying about his whereabouts and missing doping tests. A fourth rider was confirmed to having used doping while in a training session prior to the 2007 Tour and a fifth rider failed tests late in the race, with his result being officially announced just after the end of the Tour. During the competition, two teams were asked to withdraw after at least one member was found to have doped.
  The events generated criticism and a general distrustful attitude toward the sport of professional cycling from media and public opinion. The doping allegations also resulted in several team sponsors threatening to retire their support if events advanced further. Some media such as German TV channels ARD and ZDF left the Tour once the first scandals broke.
context_section_description: Despite the rider's failed test result relating to a pre-Tour training camp, Sinkewitz competed in the race until Stage 8, when he collided with a spectator and withdrew from the event, at which point the test result emerged. Sinkewitz initially denied the allegation and called for his B sample to be tested. German television withdrew from covering the Tour in protest when his failed test came to light. On 31 July Sinkewitz subsequently retracted his denial and confessed to using a testosterone gel on his upper arms whilst training. Accepting the failed test result, Sinkewitz stated that: "It was a big mistake and irresponsible toward my team, colleagues, the sponsor and the whole of cycling." T-Mobile responded to the admission by sacking Sinkewitz with immediate effect.
caption: Patrik Sinkewitz at the Henninger Turm 2006
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