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Here we go again!

  • 17-01-2009 11:56am
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    BaBiT
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    "MADRID (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 Pais newspaper reported Saturday.

    A provincial court in Madrid has ruled that there were indications of "an offence against public health" which merited renewed examination and had therefore called for the investigation to be re-activated, according to El Pais.

    On September 29, examining magistrate Antonio Serrano ruled the investigation should lie on file, having already done so initially in March 2007 on the grounds that Spain's new anti-doping laws could not be applied retroactively to May 2006."

    Can I first say I am completely against doping/cheating of any kind in Cycling and any sport...If you can play fair you shouldn't play at all......But

    Does anyone else think its a bit much that firstly this investigation was 'shelved' almost at the end of last season and suddenly they find a legal way of opening it again just in time for this season...And, secondly, why is this always referred to as an investigation into doping in cycling when the full list of 'alleged' dopers contains people from many other sports?:mad:

    Maybe I'm just being touchy but its reports like this that fuel the publics belief that its only a problem in cycling and all other sports are squeaky clean..Which really pee's me off when you have people like Alex Ferguson giving out that a whereabouts programme to allow random drug tests on his players is unworkable!

    Ok, rant over..Ah yes, I feel better now...I'm off out on my bike:)


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