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Rosa Calvo, the prosecutor in the case against Spanish doping doctor Eufemiano Fuentes has asked for a two year prison term for him and his cohorts and described Fuentes’ network as “frauduent and criminally reprehensible”. The method used to transport the blood for transfusions was to put them in backpacks, […]
In the Operation Puerto trial of Dr. Fuentes, Spanish newspapers have reported additional testimony from Tyler Hamilton. Tyler said his positive test was someone else’s blood. He did not mention Lance at all during his testimony. He continued doping when he changed to the CSC team in 2002. Bjarne Riis […]
Also testifying today were Joseba Beloki, Unai Osa and Benjamin Nozal. According to Spanish newspapers, Beloki denied having a relationship with Dr. Fuentes. He said his training schedule for 2005 is not in t he documents and that when Operation Puerto first broke, he requested the cycling federation to defend […]
David Etxebarria testified that he never paid Dr. Fuentes for anything and Fuentes never tried to collect any blood from him. Beloki had presented a document on Liberty Seguros letterhead with included Etxebarria’s name but he denied any knowledge of it. He insisted 100% that none of the blood bags […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Operation Veto lays bare extent of criminal assault on football’s worldwide credibility By Keir Radnedge,Chairman-AIPS Football Commission,www.keirradnedge.com After Operacion Puerto, attacking doping in sport out of Spain, football has Operation Veto . . . revealed as the co-ordinating process between European and international police chasing down matchfixing worldwide. Europol, the […]
