caption fullname manageyears proteam manageteam birth_place majorwins discipline birth_date nickname proyears role image article_title name currentteam
heppner in 2006 jens heppner 2006 -- 2007 histor-sigma panasonic-sportlife telekom team deutsche telekom team wiesenhof team wiesenhof germany german tour -lrb- 1999 -rrb- tour de france , 1 stage national road race championship -lrb- 1994 -rrb- deutschland road 23 december 1964 '' heppe '' 1991 -- 2005 1991 1992 -- 1994 1995 -- 2002 2003 rider manager jens heppner-2006 . jpg jens heppner
 jens heppner retired
jens heppner

jens heppner -lrb- born 23 december 1964 -rrb- is a german former road bicycle racer .
he wore the maglia rosa during 2002 giro d'italia .
although he rode for telekom during ten years , he has consistently denied ever having doped .
his name was on the list of doping tests published by the french senate in 24 july 2013 that were collected during the 1998 tour de france and found positive for epo when retested in 2004 .
he won the german national road race in 1994 .
