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CONI, the Italian Cycling Commission, is looking into allegations that arose during Operation Puerto about Mario Cipollini. They have opened an investigation. Besides Cipollini, Jaksche said Fuentes told him that he had worked with the best soccer teams. Evidence is showing that Cipollini was a client of Fuentes from 2001 […]
Lots has happened in Operation Puerto today in Madrid. Jesus Manzano rode for the Kelme team beginning in 2000. He testified today. It was he who put the police on the trail of Dr. Fuentes in 2004 when he talked to the press. He said Dr. Fuentes was the chief […]
Marcel Kittel (GER) won the first stage of the Tour of Oman. At the end of the 162-kilometer stage, it was Kittel who crossed the finish line first, ahead of Davide Appollonio (AG2R) and Nacer Bouhanni (FDL). The win also gives Kittel the lead in the general classification. Today’s stage […]
Ivan Basso testified today at Operation Puerto. He said since he was a child he wanted to be the best cyclist in the world. He said he took the initiative in 2001 and contacted Dr. Fuentes because he though the method used by Fuentes of freezing the blood would improve […]
German cyclist Jorg Jaske has testified at the Operation Puerto trial. He says he wasn’t the only member of the Liberty Seguros team who was a client of Dr. Fuentes. He said he couldn’t say for sure besides himself who was a client of Fuentes but he knows there were […]
Saturday’s stage 4 in the Tour Méditerranéen brought the leader’s jersey to RADIOSHACK LEOPARD TREK’s Maxime Monfort. Monfort, 30, had moved into second place after the stage 2 individual time trial, sitting 22-seconds behind leader Lars Boom in the classification. A breakaway victory on Mt. Faron went to Jean-Christophe Peraud […]
We wondering when his name would come out as well. Anyone who thinks just Lance has no idea and the Lance bashing is getting really old. Gazzetta dello Sport revealed today that Mario Cipollini was also a client of Eufemiano Fuentes. They say he had an elaborate personalized doping program […]
“We have been in communication with Mr. Armstrong and his representatives and we understand that he does want to be part of the solution and assist in the effort to clean up the sport of cycling. We have agreed to his request for an additional two weeks to work on […]
Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France commented on Operation Puerto. He regrets that the other sports besides cycling are not being diclosed in the Operation Puerto trial in Madrid. “Everyone has understood that there were not only cyclists. From the outset the names of cyclists were […]
Federation Francaise de Cyclisme (FFC) President David Lappartient held a press conference on the topic of the Operation Puerto trial. He was quoted as saying “The process Puerto is a veritable farce.” There is a vast blood doping network organized by Fuentes. There’s the appearance of protection going on. “One […]
