i can't believe this,

djwiners - CONI is the ITALIAN Olympic Committee so the­ had to wait for that stage because it was the only­ stage of the tour that actually crossed into Italy..­ it's the only stage that gave CONI some semblance­ of jurisdiction over Valverde.

martinasoden - if­ people use a slight variation of the a CERA type of­ EPO (like Ricco and Pieopoli got caught with) they can­ still evade even the UCI's new biological passport­ system.. and their are many other undetectable drugs as­ well.. perfluoro carbons and other agent that let­ plasma carry oxygen... trust me riders still have lots­ of options... remember Basso, Ullrich and Valverde­ didn't fail any dope test.. they got caught in a­ police investigation... cheating cyclist that fail dope­ tests, even today are either sloppy, stupid or just­ unlucky.

I say that Italy should let this go. It's been­ years since the Operation Puerto took place, and he has­ not failed a doping test since. I say he is clean now,­ and a good cyclist. Operation Puerto should be closed,­ the cyclists who are cheating now are getting caught. ­ Thats enough justice for me.

wat i dont understand is why they had to wait for that­ stage of the tour de france to pbtain dna. Im sure they­ could of obtained it some other way?! Im a big valverde­ fan but if hes done wrong he still should be punished­ for it. We need a clean sport now. The uci has upped­ drugs test so much now that its just goin to be suicide­ to cheat.

they are picking on the Spanish because the Italians­ are legitimately trying to clean up their house (at­ least CONI is.. Italian federation still wants to cover­ everything up.. they tried with Basso but CONI was­ having none of it) and the Spanish are still in sweep­ everything under the rug.. c'mon... 50 bags of­ blood linked to mostly spanish cyclist and the Spanish­ do not test even ONE bag for DNA match... only the­ Germans do with Ullrich and CONI with Basso..

the­ Italians are is pissed because they are doing the right­ thing and their cyclist are getting suspensions and yet­ Spanish cyclists are caught red handed and Spanish­ authorities are doing absolutely nothing about it...­ it's about fairness...

when all the real madrid players on the list are­ charged then things will get serious

he can't be guilty. Italian always want to demage­ spanish cyclist because they are better than italian.

armstong's independant testing is no more, read the­ next story. Valverde wasn't implicated in operación­ puerto originally because fuentes said he wasn't­ same as with contador i think. i'm sure he was­ involved with something, but he's a nice guy, a bit­ stupid to talk to but nice.

They should also test Valverde's dog's­ DNA.

Why are they picking on a Spanish cyclist? Could­ the Spanish wins in the last three tours, last yrs­ Giro, Vuelta, Olympics etc have been assisted in some­ way?

Thank goodness the sport is entering a new, clean­ age with Armstrong leading the way with his independant­ testing programme.

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He is not guilty

wonder if Contador's get outa jail card free from­ Puerto will stick... or if his name will pop up once­ again?

danger for valverde...I m afraid si will fall...after­ all it s good that are eforts to stop the doping

well a lot of people have seen that coming. he was­ involved in the puerto scandal and the spanish­ federation has always tried to protect him. finally­ justice can be done!!

i hope hes not guilty, hes a gr8 rider and it wil­ damage the sport