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Spanish anti-doping probe reopened - media reports
[SIZE=-1]guardian.co.uk, UK [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]A Madrid court has ordered the reopening of the Operation Puerto investigation into an alleged doping ring in cycling, Spanish media reported on Saturday.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]El Pais newspaper said Judge Arturo Beltran had ordered the probe to be relaunched after considering various appeals.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Court officials were not immediately available for comment.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The operation was originally launched in the spring of 2006 when raids uncovered anabolic steroids, blood transfusion equipment and more than 200 code-named blood bags, some of which were linked to leading riders. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Reacting to the reports at a news conference in Adelaide on Saturday, seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said the problem of doping was not confined to cycling. Armstrong, who retired after the 2005 Tour, is starting his comeback to professional racing in Australia.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"You guys (media) have a responsibility to keep in mind that Operation Puerto is not a cycling controversy, it is a sports controversy," Armstrong told reporters.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"If we're going to open a Puerto and talk about cyclists, then let's talk about soccer, let's talk about tennis, let's talk about everybody else involved." ...[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]guardian.co.uk, UK [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]A Madrid court has ordered the reopening of the Operation Puerto investigation into an alleged doping ring in cycling, Spanish media reported on Saturday.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]El Pais newspaper said Judge Arturo Beltran had ordered the probe to be relaunched after considering various appeals.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Court officials were not immediately available for comment.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The operation was originally launched in the spring of 2006 when raids uncovered anabolic steroids, blood transfusion equipment and more than 200 code-named blood bags, some of which were linked to leading riders. [...][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Reacting to the reports at a news conference in Adelaide on Saturday, seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said the problem of doping was not confined to cycling. Armstrong, who retired after the 2005 Tour, is starting his comeback to professional racing in Australia.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"You guys (media) have a responsibility to keep in mind that Operation Puerto is not a cycling controversy, it is a sports controversy," Armstrong told reporters.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]"If we're going to open a Puerto and talk about cyclists, then let's talk about soccer, let's talk about tennis, let's talk about everybody else involved." ...[/SIZE]
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