ÖRV does unannounced doping tests after Nationals

All the Austrian teams tested clean after the national championships, the national cycling federation has announced. It conducted unannounced controls on the main teams, Elk Haus, Volksbank, RC ARBÖ Resch & Frisch Gourmetfein Wels and Swiag, all of which are also riding the Tour of Austria.

"The ÖRV wants to take care of everything and ordered the controls as a security measure before the Tour. Yesterday we got the results, and they were all negative," said ÖRV finance director Herbert Kocher.

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