Bernard Sainz

Bernard Sainz
Personal information
Full nameBernard Sainz
NicknameDr Mabuse
Born (1943-08-01) August 1, 1943 (age 81)
Rennes, France
Team information
RoleManager / Doctor
Amateur team
1958 onwardsUC Créteil
Managerial team
1972 -Mercier (GAN) Team doctor
Major wins
None
1964 3rd in French students' championship

Bernard Sainz, a.k.a. Dr Mabuse, (born Rennes, France, 1 September 1943) is an unlicensed sports doctor who achieved great success in horse racing and cycling.[1][2] He was jailed for falsely practising medicine, particularly in cycle racing,[2][3][4] and received other sentences for doping-related charges, which he consistently denied.[5]

  1. ^ Sainz, Bernard (2000), Les Stupéfiantes Révélations du Dr Mabuse, J C Lattès, France, p27
  2. ^ a b "Bakchic Info, 29 June, (2008), Sports. Cited - Dr Jean-Pierre de Mondenard "Le docteur Mabuse du Cyclisme n'est pas même médicin". Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
  3. ^ Ye hey. 11 April 2008, Sports news, French hand 18-month jail term to doping doctor[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ BikeRadar. News. French hand 18 month jail term to doping doctor
  5. ^ Medical advisor Bernard Sainz receives reduced sentence on appeal for role in cycling doping scandal. Agence France-Presse, 27 February 2019.