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The biggest doping investigation in international cycling – Operación Puerto – was called to be re-opened on Saint Valentine's Day, February 14 2008, in Madrid.
A Spanish court ordered that the blood doping investigation, which first hit the headlines in May 2006 and was shelved by Judge Antonio Serrano in March 2007, be re-visited according to Spanish paper El País.
Operación Puerto centred around Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, his assistant Merino Batres and the then-Team Manager of Liberty Seguros-Würth, Manolo Saiz, who were investigated after around 100 blood bags were found by the Spanish Guardia Civil in different locations believed belong to Fuentes and Batres. Code names, such as Birillo and Hijo Rudicio, and numbers were linked with some of cycling's biggest names, and the doctors were also believed to be involved with not only cycling, but also football and tennis.
To date only Italian Ivan Basso has been issued a suspension due to the Puerto investigation, while other cyclists believed to be involved have escaped, such as 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich, who retired. However, the case was also believed to involve several other cyclists, including Alejandro Valverde, 2007 Tour winner Alberto Contador, Francesco Mancebo, Constantino Zaballa, Santiago Botero and Tyler Hamilton. | Currently listening : Tour de France Soundtracks By Kraftwerk Release date: By 19 August, 2003  |
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