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• Contador Wins Another Battle, But War Far From Over
  February 15th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, Feb 15, 2011 (AFP) – Cleared of using a banned substance by the Spanish cycling authorities, Alberto Contador will be a relieved man after months [...]

• Cyclist Accused In Doping Probe Found Dead
  January 10th, 2011
  

  MADRID – Former Spanish mountain bike rider Alberto Leon, one of six people accused last month as part of a probe into sports doping, was found dead in an apparent [...]

• Valverde Ban Upheld By Swiss Supreme Court
  January 10th, 2011
  

  GENEVA – The Swiss supreme court said Monday that it had thrown out Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde’s final attempt to overturn a worldwide anti-doping ban that was based on evidence [...]

• Valverde Doping Challenge Fails At Swiss Hurdle
  November 19th, 2010
  

  GENEVA – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde has lost the latest round of his lengthy attempt to overturn Italian anti-doping sanctions, according to a ruling published by the Swiss supreme court [...]

• Sevilla Banned By UCI For Doping Positive
  September 16th, 2010
  

  Spanish cyclist Oscar Sevilla has been provisionally suspended by cycling’s world ruling body after testing positive for a banned substance. A statement from the International Cycling Union (UCI) said a [...]

• Burnt-out Ullrich To Become Father Again
  August 29th, 2010
  

  BERLIN, Aug 29, 2010 (AFP) – Germany’s 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich is to become a father again in February, just weeks after being diagnosed as suffering from [...]

• Ullrich Mentor Pevenage Reveals He Organised Doping Trips
  July 8th, 2010
  

  EPERNAY, France – Former T-Mobile sports director Rudy Pevenage admitted his role Thursday in organizing trips for former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich to an alleged doping doctor in [...]

• Basso Makes Emotional Tour Return
  July 3rd, 2010
  

  ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – Italian star Ivan Basso admitted the emotions were in full flow as he prepared to complete his return to the Tour de France this week. Basso returns [...]

• Basso Relishing His Tour Return
  June 28th, 2010
  

  PARIS, June 28, 2010 – Italy’s Ivan Basso admitted Monday he is relishing his return to the Tour de France five years after last competing as he leads a Liquigas [...]

• Basso Basks In Pink, But Can’t Wait For The Tour
  June 1st, 2010
  

  Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, June 1, 2010 – Recently-crowned Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso has promised to compete with the few real contenders for cycling’s prestigious yellow jersey after [...]

• Spanish Rider Valverde Banned Until End of 2011
  May 31st, 2010
  

  Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde on Monday received a two-year ban from world sport’s top court, the CAS, over his implication in the Operation Puerto drugs scandal which erupted in 2006. [...]

• WADA ‘Frustrated’ But Closing In On ‘Cheat’ Valverde
  May 12th, 2010
  

  by Stephanie Pertuiset MONTREAL, May 12, 2010 (AFP) – World Anti-Doping Agency legal chief Olivier Niggli believes the anti-doping authorities are set to end Alejandro Valverde’s winning streak by handing [...]

• Valverde, And The “Punchers”, Take Aim At Amstel
  April 16th, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 16, 2010 (AFP) – Controversial Spaniard Alejandro Valverde will continue to provoke cycling’s world ruling body when he lines up with possible victory in mind at the Amstel [...]

• Valverde Two-Year Doping Suspension Upheld
  March 16th, 2010
  

  The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday announced that it has upheld a two-year suspension for doping against Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde. The CAS “has dismissed the appeal [...]

• Operation Puerto Is Closed
  December 12th, 2009
  

  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 [...]

• CAS Postpones Hearing In Valverde Doping Case
  November 9th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, Nov 9, 2009 (AFP) – The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) said on Monday that it had postponed a hearing into Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde’s appeal against a [...]

• No Tour de France For Valverde
  June 23rd, 2009
  

  PARIS, June 23, 2009 (AFP) – Controversial Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will not take part in this year’s Tour de France, his Caisse d’Epargne team announced on Tuesday. His absence [...]

• Valverde Appeals To CAS Over Doping Ban
  June 19th, 2009
  

  GENEVA, June 19, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde has appealed against a doping ban imposed by Italian authorities last month, world sport’s top court said on Friday. The [...]

• Cycling Chiefs To Name Latest Cheats, Threaten Sanctions
  June 10th, 2009
  

  by Justin Davis PARIS, June 10, 2009 (AFP) – The International Cycling Union (UCI) said several riders currently under suspicion of doping will be named publicly next week, and will [...]

• Valverde Rails At ‘Injustice’ After Catalonia Win
  May 24th, 2009
  

  MADRID, May 24, 2009 (AFP) – Spain’s Alejandro Valverde vowed to put his doping worries behind him after winning the 89th edition of the Tour of Catalonia on Sunday. The [...]

• ‘Thanks, but no thanks’, Danes tell Valverde
  May 14th, 2009
  

  COPENHAGEN, May 14, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde, who has been banned from racing in Italy after being implicated in the Operation Puerto doping scandal, was on Thursday [...]

• Valverde Banned From Racing In Italy For Two Years
  May 11th, 2009
  

  ROME, May 11, 2009 (AFP) – T- The anti-doping tribunal of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) on Monday suspended Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde from competing on Italian soil for two [...]

• Spanish Judge Blocks Release Of Valverde Samples From Doping Affair
  April 18th, 2009
  

  MADRID, April 18, 2009 (AFP) – The Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) said Saturday a judge has again refused to hand over blood samples that could prove whether Spanish rider Alejandro [...]

• Operation Puerto – Blood Sample Is Valverde’s, Say CONI
  February 19th, 2009
  

  by Barnaby Chesterman ROME, Feb 19, 2009 (AFP) – Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri said on Thursday that a blood sample found in the laboratory central to [...]

• Coni Describes Spanish Court’s Valverde Objections As “Groundless”
  February 18th, 2009
  

  ROME, Feb 18, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde’s appearance before the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) to face doping charges has been kept for Thursday after describing a Spanish [...]

• Spanish Court Fails To Block Valverde Doping Case
  February 18th, 2009
  

  ROME, Feb 18, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde’s appearance before the Italian Olympic Committee (Coni) to face doping charges has been kept for Thursday after describing a Spanish [...]

• Pat McQuaid Welcomed Decision To Reopen Operation Puerto Inquiry
  January 21st, 2009
  

  PARIS, Jan 21, 2009 (AFP) – Cycling chief Pat McQuaid on Wednesday welcomed a Spanish judge’s decision to reopen the Operation Puerto inquiry into blood doping. Operation Puerto, Spain’s most [...]

• Spain To Re-Open ‘Operation Puerto’ Investigation
  January 19th, 2009
  

  MADRID, Jan 17, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish justice is to re-open the Operation Puerto probe into blood doping in cycling, Spain’s biggest doping investigation, which a judge had left on [...]

• Spain To Re-open Operation Puerto Doping Investigation
  January 17th, 2009
  

  MADRID, Jan 17, 2009 (AFP) – Spanish justice is to re-open the Operation Puerto probe into blood doping in cycling which a judge had left on file last September, El [...]

• Basso Worth A Second Chance, Says Liquigas Chief
  July 18th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis NARBONNE, France, July 18, 2008 (AFP) – Disgraced Italian cycling star Ivan Basso deserves a second chance of resurrecting his career, the Italian’s future manager at the [...]

• Operation Puerto affair reopened
  February 14th, 2008
  

  MADRID, Feb 14, 2008 (AFP) – The Operation Puerto blood-doping affair involving about 60 cyclists and which erupted in May 2006, has been reopened, Madrid prosecutors’ said on Thursday. A [...]