Overview

• David Rozman stepped back from his duties after the ITA formally requested his interview in an anti-doping probe following an informal April contact that assured him he was not under investigation.
• Ineos Grenadiers has hired an external law firm to examine the claims and states it has received no evidence from the ITA due to confidentiality restrictions.
• The allegations originate from a German ARD documentary that used Aderlass court transcripts to link an unnamed Ineos staff member to messages sent in June 2012 to convicted doctor Mark Schmidt.
• Mark Schmidt was convicted in Munich in 2021 for orchestrating a blood-doping ring in cycling and cross-country skiing and was sentenced to nearly five years in prison.
• Records show Rozman spent four weeks at Manchester United in 2024 as part of Ineos Sport’s knowledge-exchange programme after Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s takeover.