Ineos carer linked with convicted doping doctor worked at Manchester United last year
Rozman, described on the Ineos website as 'one of the longest-serving members of our staff,' is facing questions from the International Testing Agency (ITA) after his links to Dr Mark Schmidt were revealed in detail by Paul Kimmage's Sunday Independent investigation on July 15.
This followed an investigative television documentary by German broadcaster ARD that linked a Team Ineos staff member with Dr Schmidt, based on German court documents. Dr Schmidt was sent to prison for almost five years for his part in the blood-doping investigation Operation Aderlass.
ARD could not name the Ineos staff member due to legal and privacy laws in Germany, however he was identified as Rozman in the Sunday Independent.
Head of Ineos Sport Dave Brailsford returned to a lead role with the cycling team on the eve of this year's Tour de France but refused to comment on the links between Dr Schmidt and the team's head carer who had been working during the race throughout the first week.
However, the team announced in a statement last week that Rozman had been sent home from the Tour after being notified that the ITA had launched a new investigation.
United have yet to comment but Rozman is reported to have spent a month working with the team's soft tissue therapists as part of an 'exchange' overseen by Brailsford after Jim Ratcliffe, owner of the Ineos cycling team, became part-owner of United. Rozman's involvement with Manchester United pre-dates the revelations that the Ineos carer had links with the German doctor.
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