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by Christophe LEHOUSSE MADRID, Jan 28, 2013 (AFP) - A doctor accused of masterminding a vast doping network that snared dozens of cyclists went on trial in Spain on Monday along with four alleged conspirators. Trial witnesses include Alberto Contador, the Tour de France winner in 2007 and 2009, who returned to competition last year after a two-year ban for a separate doping case … [Read more...]
by Christophe Lehousse MADRID, Jan 26, 2013 (AFP) - Former Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will be among those who will give testimony to a Spanish court which will open hearings on Monday into the 'Operation Puerto' doping scandal, seven years after it erupted in 2006. The trial in Madrid, will do little to boost the credentials of a sport still reeling from Lance … [Read more...]
Written by: Justin Davis ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 17, 2012 (AFP) - Spanish cycling star Alejandro Valverde resumed top level competition at the Tour Down Under Tuesday, but with modest ambitions as he sets his sights on bigger goals this season. Valverde recently served a two-year ban for his implication in the Operation Puerto drugs scandal which erupted in 2006, and has been … [Read more...]
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 of anguish following a positive test for clenbuterol. However the three-time Tour de France champion is well aware the International Cycling Union (UCI) is likely to appeal Tuesday's decision to the … [Read more...]
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 suicide, reports said Monday. Leon was found hanged at his home at San Lorenzo del Escorial near Madrid, radio Cadena Ser and other media outlets reported. In December he was accused of public health offenses and trafficking … [Read more...]
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 from Operation Puerto. The judges rejected Valverde appeal against a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision enforcing the two-year global suspension as "unfounded" in a ruling handed down on January 3, … [Read more...]
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 Friday. Valverde had asked the Swiss Federal Tribunal to overturn a decision by the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport rejecting his appeal against a two year ban in 2009 from racing on … [Read more...]
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 urine sample from Sevilla showed "an adverse analytical finding of hydroxyethyl starch (HES)" in tests at the WADA accredited laboratory in Bogota. HES, a banned substance, can be used … [Read more...]
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 burn-out and denying he has an alcohol problem. The 36-year-old and his wife Sara are expecting a second child to join their three-year-old son Max. "Yes, we are expecting our second baby," Ullrich told Bild on … [Read more...]
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 Madrid. Pevenage was Ullrich's mentor for many years before the German champion retired in 2006 amid his implication in the 'Operation Puerto' drugs scandal which has since snared two of the biggest names in … [Read more...]