True or false, proven or unproven, this is going to be a huge distraction to German cyclist Jan Ullrich and some other cyclists in the Tour de France.
The Spanish newspaper El Pais reports that documents found in a raid during the Operation Puerto blood-doping probe relate to Ullrich, the winner of the 1997 Tour de France and a favorite this year.
Says Ullrich: “That has nothing to do with me.” Says T-Mobile team manager Rudy Pevenage: “We have done nothing wrong.”
“The newspaper said two code names – Hijo Rudicio (Rudicio's son) and Jan -could be used to describe Ullrich, who has been the subject of Spanish press speculation over the blood-doping saga since Operation Puerto was launched on May 23.”
The El Pais article says there are 58 other cyclists involved, although it does not name them. It does, however, name American bicycle racer Tyler Hamilton as a cyclist who benefitted from doping by Dr. Eufemanio Fuentes, the subject of the probe.
Hamilton is serving a two-year suspension for using blood-doping during the Vuelta d'Espana in 2004.
VeloNews reports details of the El Pais allegations regarding Hamilton.
See also: Fallout from Spanish blood-doping probe
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