Valverde denies team-mate claim

Reuters - Sun, 21 Mar 15:27:00 2010

Vuelta a Espana champion Alejandro Valverde has denied reports that he accused a former team-mate of owning the blood bag that led to him being linked with a blood doping scandal.

CYCLING 2009 Vuelta Alejandro Valverde - 0

"Mr Alejandro Valverde has never accused any rider (of being the owner of) the plasma sample number 18 seized in the Operation Puerto," Valverde's legal team said in a statement.

"Mr Alejandro Valverde's lawyers limited themselves exclusively to defend the rider's interests and they never made such accusations against the cyclist mentioned in the newspapers."

Last year, Valverde was banned from riding on Italian soil by the Italian Olympic Committee, CONI, for his alleged implication in the Operation Puerto blood doping scandal.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the ban last week and the UCI said they would do their best to extend the ban to the rest of the world.

Reuters

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  1. Why don't we let them all take what they like. The­ EPO merchants will all die of heart attacks and the­ rest may be frightened off. If not at least the best­ man will still win as they will all be doped. A b it­ like athletics.

    From JOHN, on Mon 22 Mar 23:59

  2. Doper scum ruining the sport......they should all be­ banned for life

    From da_baker2002, on Mon 22 Mar 21:43

  3. Well, if not a teammate's bag it must have been­ Piti's then (who else could it have possibly­ belonged to?).

    RaffyD

    From raffydotan, on Mon 22 Mar 20:50
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