Today, it was announced that Operación Puerto was over. The investigation to the Spanish doping ring based around the PED godfather Eufemiano Fuentes is closed. The retrospective look into the dark era
of cycling did undoubtedly prevent the sport moving forward. Bikepure and Bicycle.net are sad justice was not done.

The UCI, Spanish Cycling Union and WADA, unsuccessfully appealed the Madrid judge’s decision according to which the blood bags found by the Guardia Civil could not be released to the international institutions.
This simple fact that there is not a unilateral, global method of dealing with the problem of cheating in sport is at the core. The blood bags contained the identity of multi sport generation of cheats. now those dopers are to get away with it as the evidence is hidden, and the truth silenced. Bikepure believe the Madrid court missed an opportunity for a landmark ruling, which could have united the international doping authorities. Cross border collaboration to clean up competition and protect young athletes was lost. So still the likes of Valverde races on, guilty of cheating in Italy but free to race in Spain where the substantial proof against him was collected. (this increases the likely hood of the CAS letting Valverde off )

Operación Puerto began in May 2006 when the Spanish Civil Guard arrested Madrid doctor Eufemiano Fuentes and Liberty Seguros manager Manolo Saiz, amongst others, after having found massive amounts of doping products and blood doping evidence in an apartment belonging to Fuentes. Over 200 athletes were implicated and cyclists made up only 34 cyclists of these. The famous tennis stars and soccer millionaires got off free and cycling bore the brunt of the bad publicity once again.

The details of the anti-doping violators now it seems will never be known; the finger has been pointed alot, the damage has been massive but if legal irregularities prevent justice being done, then we must move on.
Fuentes has tarnished a generation of athletes. He had risked the health of hundreds and the implications and mistrust will linger for years to come. But it is ‘Day 1′ together we must work to prevent greedy Fuentes clones from having an impact on the results page and the doping headlines of the future. Lets look forward.