Operation Puerto cheat "Wins" Vuelta

RobFowl

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/20092009/58/vuelta-espana-greipel-peerless-madrid-valverde-confirms-victory.html

The sooner this waster leaves this sport the better :mad:

uberwolf

could you provide a reference to his involvement with Puerto please.

Quigs Snr

Here you go.................

Not only rumoured to be involved but actually banned in Italy as a direct consequence. Sickens me to see him win. Would be better to see one of the lads who haven't been caught yet win. You know, so we can maintain the illusion.

JacksonHeightsOwn

agree, the puerto thing is a sham, the way Basso, valverde etc... can enter any race(bar the tour) is a bloody joke, they`re literally laughing at the governing bodies

thats why id hold the likes of Sastre and Wiggins and a few other far more highly than basso and valverde

keep the drugs in the discos ,thats what i say

Diarmuid

chrisbonnie wrote: »

agree, the puerto thing is a sham, the way Basso, valverde etc... can enter any race(bar the tour) is a bloody joke, they`re literally laughing at the governing bodies

at least Basso did some time... still it's a fuppin joke. The worst is that no one is prepared to mention the elephant in the room.... It's in "everyone's" interest to gloss over the fact that valv.piti was implicated and convicted of involvement with Fuentas.,...

RobFowl

uberwolf wrote: »

could you provide a reference to his involvement with Puerto please.

Allegations of drug use

Alejandro Valverde has been linked by some sources to the Operación Puerto, a blood-doping affair which erupted in 2006 against doctor Eufemiano Fuentes and a number of accomplices. It uncovered doping products, bags of blood and code names that appeared to link top athletes, including 60 cyclists, to a highly-organized system of doping, which relied heavily on blood transfusions.[15]
Valverde was not initially linked in the investigation, but internal documents from Madrid's Court 31 allegedly linked Valverde to confiscated blood via codes Valv, Piti and 18.[16] In 2007 Valverde was banned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) from competing in the UCI Road World Championships in Stuttgart but Valverde was cleared by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to compete at the championships.[17] Dick Pound, World Anti-Doping Agency president, said the CAS decision didn’t mean that Valverde was no longer a suspect.[18]
In early 2009 the Italian National Olympic Committee reportedly linked DNA samples taken from Valverde during a rest day in Italy of the 2008 Tour de France to blood seized in the Operación Puerto investigation.[19] At a February 2009 appearance in front of the Olympic Committee, Valverde maintained his innocence and questioned the Italians' jurisdiction over this case. In May 2009, the Italian Olympic Committee suspended him from competition in Italy for 2 years, effectively barring him from the 2009 Tour de France, although Valverde has indicated an intention to appeal.[20]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Valverde
http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NTIyNA&MenuId=MTYxNw&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuID%3DMTYxNw
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-valverde-free-to-race-until-cas-decides-his-appeal

Captain Havoc

Dick Pound