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Spain the doping capital of the world

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  • #2
    Chips Lovell
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    Definitely the doping capital of the world in cycling terms.

    But all the Puerto stuff has been a disaster. The local federation can't do anything about Puerto as the judiciary won't give them the evidence they collected.


  • #3
    scottreynolds
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    Is there not some government BS going on in Spain here. I mean they adore sports people and my guess is that national pride is more important than honesty on some circles.


  • #4
    FrankGrimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,032 ✭✭✭FrankGrimes


    scottreynolds wrote: »
    Is there not some government BS going on in Spain here. I mean they adore sports people and my guess is that national pride is more important than honesty on some circles.

    I'd say you're not far off the mark there at all. Their attitude to racism in sport is another area I wouldn't exactly hold up as a shining example of integrity.

    Seems the Corinthian spirit comes somewhere down the list of priorities for too many in the sporting world in Spain....


  • #5
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    scottreynolds wrote: »
    Is there not some government BS going on in Spain here. I mean they adore sports people and my guess is that national pride is more important than honesty on some circles.

    The sports minister has made what I'd call some ill advised comments regarding Valverde. But the problem at the root is a legal one. Doping wasn't a crime in Spain at the time of the Puerto raid. So the judiciary can't do anything about it. They've tried charging the doctors and team directors with a crime called "edangering public health", decided that they couldn't make it stick and latterly have decided to have another crack at it. But realistically, the judge will never be charging the riders. The very most is that they could still be called in to give evidence. The judiciary then won't hand over the evidence to the Cycling Federation as they feel that a private body cannot be given evidence collected in a public investigation.


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