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[SIZE=-1]Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes, former doctor for the Kelme team, is alleged to have been the mastermind of a vast blood doping network, following a police raid on his Madrid laboratory in May 2006 which uncovered doping products and 100 bags of blood products. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Police raided several residences and uncovered hundreds of doses of anabolic steroids, blood products, a list of cyclists the samples were apparently being prepared for and also machines to transfuse them. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Although around 200 athletes from various sports were initially said to have been involved, the subsequent investigation focused solely on the 50-60 cyclists alleged to be implicated in the network. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Italian star Ivan Basso was the biggest victim of an investigation which also led, indirectly, to the retirement of former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich of Germany. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Basso admitted to being implicated in the affair and has recently returned from a two-year ban. He was snared by a codename on a blood bag, labeled with the name of his dog 'Birillo.' [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Ullrich denied all involvement, but suspicions — and a positive DNA match on blood found at Fuentes' laboratory — ultimately led to the German's decision to hang up his bike before any serious sanction could be handed down. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=-1]VeloNews, CO [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes, former doctor for the Kelme team, is alleged to have been the mastermind of a vast blood doping network, following a police raid on his Madrid laboratory in May 2006 which uncovered doping products and 100 bags of blood products. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Police raided several residences and uncovered hundreds of doses of anabolic steroids, blood products, a list of cyclists the samples were apparently being prepared for and also machines to transfuse them. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Although around 200 athletes from various sports were initially said to have been involved, the subsequent investigation focused solely on the 50-60 cyclists alleged to be implicated in the network. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Italian star Ivan Basso was the biggest victim of an investigation which also led, indirectly, to the retirement of former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich of Germany. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Basso admitted to being implicated in the affair and has recently returned from a two-year ban. He was snared by a codename on a blood bag, labeled with the name of his dog 'Birillo.' [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Ullrich denied all involvement, but suspicions — and a positive DNA match on blood found at Fuentes' laboratory — ultimately led to the German's decision to hang up his bike before any serious sanction could be handed down. [/SIZE]
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