Suspended T-Mobile rider Patrik Sinkewitz left hospital this weekend, his lawyer said on Sunday.

The 26-year-old was informed last Wednesday that abnormal levels of the hormone testosterone had been found in his blood sample, taken on June 8, and the cyclist has since asked that his B sample be tested.

The result is not expected to be known until Monday at the earliest.

Sinkewitz suffered serious head, shoulder and knee injuries after colliding with a spectator just after finishing last Sunday's stage of the Tour de France in Tignes and was hospitalized in Hamburg.

The German, who has always protested his innocence, was visited in hospital by T-Mobile team manager Ralf Aldag last week. Aldag wanted to get a picture of how Sinkewitz was "both physically and mentally,” according to reports from German agency SID.

"I wanted to see how he was for myself. He had sounded depressed on the phone," said Aldag. "At least physically, Patrick is on the way to improvement. He had a nose operation and he could only speak slowly to me."

Sinkewitz's lawyer, Michael Lehner, made it clear he will fight if the B sample is found to be negative.

"Once we know the results of the second test, if nothing is to be confessed, then it will become a legal matter," said Lehner.

Former French great Stablinski dies
Former French and world champion Jean Stablinski died on Sunday at the age of 75 after a long illness, sources close to the former cyclist said.

Stablinski, who was of Polish origin, was crowned French champion on four occasions during his career, which began in 1952 and concluded in 1968. He won the first Amstel Gold Race and competed in 12 editions of the Tour de France.

The Frenchman's road-racing abilities were aptly rewarded in 1962 when he won the world cycling championships in Salo, Italy, the first world championships to be televised.

After closing the chapter on his riding days Stablinski became sporting director to riders such as Lucien Van Impe and Bernard Hinault, two future winners of the Tour.