Seven people accused in Operation Puerto doping scandal in cycling would be finally stand trial in Spain, facing up to two years in prison.

More than 50 cyclists were implicated, including three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich, and Alejandro Valverde, in the use of performance-enhancing substances or practices.

From News.smh.com.au:

The accused, who also stand to lose their professional licences, are charged with endangering athletes‘ health in their handling of blood samples since they cannot be charged retroactively for a doping crime.

Cycling’s biggest doping scandal has been a scar to Spain’s reputation for fighting doping as a Madrid judge twice shelved the case.

Spanish authorities found bags of blood, blood transfusion equipment and anabolic steroids from raids in Zaragoza and Madrid in May 2006.

Valverde is the only Spanish rider who has been punished using Puerto evidence.

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The steroid was originally developed as a long-acting injectable methandrostenolone (Dianabol) but does not have properties similar to methandrostenolone. Equipoise has a very long half-life because of the long undecylenate ester attached to the parent steroid. Use of this potent anabolic steroid is commonly associated with improvements in terms of protein synthesis, nitrogen retention, appetite, and release of erythropoietin (EPO) in the kidneys.

Equipoise use has been largely associated with dramatic improvements in the levels of aggression, which is considered a good thing among sportsmen. Use of this anabolic steroid is also effective in promoting stamina, muscle mass, muscle function, and performance besides helping sportsmen recover quickly from fatigue and stress associated with intense workouts.

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The world of professional sports has all praises for Anavar, also known as Anvar and Oxandrolone, for its unique fat burning properties. One of the biggest reasons behind it is that Anavar can reduce abdominal and visceral fat to a significant extent within as short as four to six weeks.

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The use of Anavar does not lead to conversion or aromatization to Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and its use is associated with quick healing of cutaneous wounds and improved respiratory functioning. If that is not all, benefits of Anavar are nearly permanent. This Class I steroid is medically prescribed by medical practitioners as part of adjunctive therapy for chronic infections, severe trauma, and weight gain and also recommended to those with bone pain and osteoporosis. Anavar use does not result in the suppressed production of GH (Growth Hormone), IGF1 (Insulin like Growth Factor 1), and FSH (Follicle Stimulating Hormone) and Anavar users may actually experience a rebound effect after discontinuing the use of Anavar.

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Seven people linked to Operation Puerto doping scandal in cycling would be finally stand trial in Spain, facing up to two years in prison.

More than 50 cyclists – including three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich, and Alejandro Valverde – in the use of performance-enhancing substances or practices were implicated.

From News.smh.com.au:

The accused, who also stand to lose their professional licences, are charged with endangering athletes’ health in their handling of blood samples since they cannot be charged retroactively for a doping crime.

Cycling’s biggest doping scandal has been a scar to Spain’s reputation for fighting doping as a Madrid judge twice shelved the case.

Spanish authorities found bags of blood, blood transfusion equipment and anabolic steroids from raids in Zaragoza and Madrid in May 2006.

Valverde is the only rider from Spain who has been punished using Puerto evidence.

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Seven people linked to Operation Puerto doping scandal of cycling would face trial in Spain, facing nearly two years in prison.

Sports doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, former Liberty Seguros team boss Manolo Saiz and five others arrested in 2006 on suspicion to offer doping services to cyclists will be tried, Madrid’s Superior Court said in a statement.

From Mercurynews.com:

Puerto implicated more than 50 cyclists—including three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich and Alejandro Valverde—in the use of performance-enhancing substances or practices. Spanish sports bodies could not use evidence to ban athletes because of Spanish law, which has since changed.

The accused, who also stand to lose their professional licenses, are charged with endangering athletes’ health in their handling of blood samples because they cannot be retroactively charged for a doping crime.

Cycling’s biggest doping scandal has impacted Spain’s reputation against doping because a Madrid judge twice shelved the case.

In May 2006, bags of blood, blood transfusion equipment, and anabolic steroids were found by Spanish authorities from raids in Zaragoza and Madrid.

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The doping case of Alberto Contador from the 2010 Tour de France was postponed Tuesday from next week to what may be late fall.

The postponement means dragging out a matter that is more than a year old and prolonging an awkward issue for cycling.

From NYTimes.com:

The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that Contador’s final hearing about his positive test for the banned drug clenbuterol will not happen Aug. 1 to 3, as planned. It will occur “probably in November,” the court said in a statement, to allow the parties to submit further written documents that would “complete their evidence and arguments relating to some specific scientific issues.”

The court said the World Anti-Doping Agency made the request to postpone the hearing, which had been postponed from June, and all parties agreed to it.

The three-time Tour winner claimed that he tested positive because he ate contaminated beef from Spain.

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Russian Cyclist Alexandr Kolobnev has tested positive for Hydrochlorothiazide, a banned diuretic at the Tour de France.

The positive dope result may have a big impact on the world of cycling even though Kolobnev was virtually a non-factor in this race.

From Bleacherreport.com:

In cycling, PEDs can help to alter many factors that could lead to greater endurance, giving cyclists an edge over their competition.

Lance Armstrong has been under fire, as he himself is being accused of taking performance enhancing drugs.

Many people probably don’t associate cyclists with performance enhancing drugs because cyclists don’t have the build of someone who is using steroids to bulk up.

Even so, there are many different types of PEDs. the diuretic Kolobnev tested positive for is said to decrease the amount of water in the kidneys and decrease blood return in the heart, which makes for less cardio output.

Hydrochlorothiazide is not exactly an anabolic steroid, but it still provides an unfair advantage.

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Alberto Contador welcomed the decision of the Spanish Cycling Federation, and to initiate disciplinary proceedings against him.

The rider from Spain tested positive for clenbuterol on July 21, the second rest day of the 2010 race.

From Espnstar.com:

“I am pleased that the case has come to the Federation because it means we can move forward,” the Spaniard was quoted as saying in a statement released by his spokesman Jacinto Vidarte.

The statement added: “The legal team of Alberto Contador, after receiving and carefully studying the report submitted by the International Cycling Union to the Spanish cycling federation, maintains their optimism and confidence in bringing a resolution to the case.

“The dossier prepared by the UCI and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) focuses on the hypothesis of food contamination.

“Thus, according to documents submitted by the UCI and WADA, food contamination remains the only reasonable explanation from a scientific point of view to justify the presence of the tiny amount of clenbuterol in the body of the rider during the Tour de France.”

It continued: “(Contador’s legal team) are working with the hope of a verdict in the shortest possible time, with the objective that Alberto Contador can begin the next cycling season without any obstacle.”

Contrador has been provisionally suspended by UCI and the decision was recommended by the International Cycling Union.

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Rafael Palmeiro maintains he did nothing wrong five years after he tested positive for an anabolic steroid.

The former Ranger talked about the positive test during a rare interview recently while he watched his son play for the McKinney Marshals in a Texas Collegiate League game.

From Dallasnews.com:

Palmeiro played his final major league game Aug. 30, 2005. He finished his 20-year career with 569 home runs and 3,020 hits, numbers similar to those of Hall of Famers Frank Robinson and Eddie Murray.

Will the voters from Baseball Writers Association of America remember those statistics when they receive the ballots in late November? Or will they give more significance to Aug. 1, 2005, the day Major League Baseball suspended Palmeiro for 10 games after he tested positive for stanozolol, an anabolic steroid?

“I’d hope voters would look at my body of work over my career and maybe put more emphasis on that,” Palmeiro said. “That one steroid incident is unfortunately all people remember. They don’t remember the other 19 years that I played the game the right way.”

We have already seen the impact the implication of steroids has had on Mark McGwire, who received only 23.7 percent of the Hall of Fame votes last year, his fourth year on the ballot. Players need 75 percent of the vote to be inducted.

Palmeiro continues to maintain that he took a tainted shot of vitamin B12.

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A former lieutenant to Lance Armstrong, the quadruple Tour of Spain winner Roberto Heras, faces the end of his career after the analysis of a B sample confirmed that he tested positive for the red blood cell-booster erythropoietin.

A spokesman for Heras’s team, Liberty Seguros, said, “The test is positive,” “The process is not yet over as the rider has presented allegations over the procedure.”

From Guardian.co.uk:

Heras, who is 31, has already been suspended by the team and is likely to receive a two-year ban. The Tour of Spain title will be awarded to the second-placed rider, the Russian Denis Menchov.

It is a body blow for Spanish cycling. Heras is the first winner of one of the big three Tours – France, Italy and Spain – to test positive since Ángel Arroyo was disqualified from victory in 1983 Vuelta. The future of his sponsor, Liberty Seguros, is also in jeopardy with their American parent company reported to be considering pulling out. The result was due to be announced late on Wednesday but the Madrid laboratory carrying out the analysis of his urine sample requested a 48-hour delay for further tests. Heras and his lawyers then called for the process to be halted on the grounds that the test, made after the penultimate stage of the race, was not reliable.

Heras has denied any doping.

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