Jörg Jaksche

Jörg Armin Jaksche (born 23 July 1976 in Fürth) is a German former road bicycle racer. In 2007 Jaksche admitted he was guilty of blood doping.

Biography
Jaksche has been cycling professionally since 1997, racing for the teams Polti (1997–1998), Team Telekom (1998–2000), ONCE (2001–2003), CSC (2004), Liberty Seguros–Würth/Astana (2005–2006) and Tinkoff Credit Systems in 2007.

In 2004, he won the Tour Mediterranean and the Paris–Nice race.

In the 2005 Tour de France, Jaksche finished 16th overall, the best result of his six participations in the Tour. He had been 18th at the 1998 Tour de France and 17th at the 2003 Tour de France.

At the 2006 Tour de Suisse, Jaksche finished on the podium with a third-place finish.

Jaksche is now living in Sydney, Australia studying a Master of International Business at the University of New South Wales.

Doping
Jaksche was one of the nine riders held out of the 2006 Tour de France after being identified by investigators in the Operación Puerto investigation. On 30 June 2007 Jaksche admitted he was guilty of blood doping and that he was the Bella mentioned in the documents confiscated from Fuentes' clinic.

Major results

 * 1993
 * 2nd Junior road race, National Road Championships


 * 1994
 * 1st MaillotAlemania.PNG Junior road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Overall Driedaagse van Axel


 * 1996
 * 1st Stage 1 Rapport Toer
 * 2nd Overall Sachsen-Tour


 * 1997
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg World Military Road race Championships
 * 3rd World Military Time trial Championships


 * 1998
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships


 * 1999
 * 10th Züri-Metzgete


 * 2000
 * 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 10th Overall Critérium International


 * 2001
 * 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya (TTT)
 * 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
 * 8th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 9th Gran Premio Miguel Induráin
 * 10th Giro del Piemonte


 * 2002
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour de France (TTT)
 * 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a España (TTT)
 * 6th Overall Deutschland Tour
 * 6th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
 * 7th Gran Premio Miguel Induráin
 * 7th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
 * 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico


 * 2003
 * 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a España (TTT)
 * 4th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 4th Overall Deutschland Tour


 * 2004
 * 1st Overall Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg


 * 2005
 * 3rd Overall Critérium International
 * 4th Overall Deutschland Tour
 * 5th Overall Paris–Nice


 * 2006
 * 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
 * 4th Overall Tour de Romandie


 * 2007
 * 1st Overall Circuit de Lorraine
 * 1st Stage 5
 * 2nd Overall Euskal Bizikleta