Niklas Axelsson

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Niklas Axelsson

Personal information
Full name	Niklas Axelsson
Date of birth	May 15, 1972 (1972-05-15) (age 36)
Country	Sweden
Team information
Current team	Serramenti Diquigiovanni
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1998–2000 2001 2001 2004 2005 2006–	Panaria-Gaerne Mercury-Viatel Alessio Formaggi Pinzolo Fiavè Universal Caffé-Styloffice Serramenti Diquigiovanni
Infobox last updated on:
March 17, 2008

Niklas Axelsson (born May 15, 1972 in Västerås) is a Swedish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli. Axelsson's finished sixth during the 1999 Giro d'Italia and third in the 2000 edition of Giro di Lombardia.

He tested positive for EPO in the 2001 UCI Road World Championships in Lisbon and later admitted his guilt. He was suspended for four years by the Swedish Cycling Federation but made an early comeback in 2004. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2007 but made a complete recovery.^[1]

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• Niklas Axelsson profile at the Cycling Website

v • d • e Riders on Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli Santo Anzà | Niklas Axelsson | Manuel Belletti | Alessandro Bertolini | Denis Bertolini | Roberto Cobo | Emiliano Donadello | Francesco Ginanni | Danilo Hondo | Raffaele Illiano | Ruslan Ivanov | Gabriele Missaglia | Leonardo Moser | Daniele Nardello | Carlos José Ochoa | Richard Ochoa Quintero | Jackson Rodriguez | José Serpa | Gilberto Simoni | Manager: Gianni Savio

Persondata
NAME	Axelsson, Niklas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	1972-05-15
PLACE OF BIRTH	Västerås, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH