Thomas Frei

Thomas Frei (born 19 January 1985) is a Swiss road bicycle racer. Frei was Swiss Junior champion in road cycling in 2002. Between 2004 and 2006 he cycled for the Bürgis Cycling Team and won the Mountain Championship for U23 cyclists. In the 2007 and 2008 seasons, Frei rode for UCI ProTour team before moving to for 2009 on a two-year contract. There he was roommate and domestique for future Tour de France champion Cadel Evans.

In his second season with BMC, Frei tested positive for EPO. He was withdrawn from competition by his team in April 2010 during the Giro del Trentino when the doping violation was revealed, before the team released him altogether.

As of August 2011, Frei was training full-time with the intention of returning to professional cycling upon the completion of his two-year suspension from competition.

Major results

2002 National Junior Road Championships

3rd Time trial 1st Mountainrun Bowil-Chuderhüsi 2nd Mountainrun Silenen-Amsteg-Bristen 2nd Habsburgrundfahrt 3rd Gerzenseerundfahrt 3rd Rund um die Rigi 3rd Varese 2003 2nd Mountain zeitfahren Niederbipp 3rd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland 1st Stage 3 2006 1st Swiss Cycling Championship Team Time Trial 1st Swiss Cycling Championship Mountain u23 1st La Brevine Team Time Trial 2nd Swiss Cycling Championship Mountain Elite/Profi 2nd Swiss Cycling Championship Individual Time Trial u23 3rd Wileroltigen 3rd Gansingen 4th Overall GP Tell 1st Mountains classification 8th Overall Mainfranken-Tour 1st Mountains classification 2009 1st Stage 5 GP Tell 2012 1st Stage 1 Tour of China I (TTT) 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships