Valverde and other high-profile names linked to Puerto
01-09-07, 06:05 PM
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Valverde and other high-profile names linked to Puerto
From cyclingnews.com:
Spanish paper suggests link between Valverde and Fuentes
By Shane Stokes
The fallout from Operación Puerto continues to rumble on, with the Spanish press today stating that ProTour 2006 winner Alejandro Valverde is one of several high profile riders circumstantially linked to the controversial Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes.
According to the paper ABC, when Fuentes was arrested in Madrid last May 23rd he had in his possession a black wallet which contained one clearly identifiable name; that of Valverde. When police searched it they found nine credit cards, a card from 2004 bearing the names and numbers of the Liberty Seguros team, business cards belonging to Mario Zorzoli (medical chief of the UCI) and Emilio Lamparero, who the paper reported has worked as a psychologist with football club Real Madrid. Most interestingly, there was also a card from the hotel Silken with the names "Ale," "Manc," "Vino," "Popo" and "Valverde" written on it.
Read the rest here: https://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...n07/jan09news2
It's not difficult to tell who those nicknames represent. Petacchi, Mancebo, Vinokourov, and Popovych so far as I can tell. Of course, that's simply speculation.
Spanish paper suggests link between Valverde and Fuentes
By Shane Stokes
The fallout from Operación Puerto continues to rumble on, with the Spanish press today stating that ProTour 2006 winner Alejandro Valverde is one of several high profile riders circumstantially linked to the controversial Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes.
According to the paper ABC, when Fuentes was arrested in Madrid last May 23rd he had in his possession a black wallet which contained one clearly identifiable name; that of Valverde. When police searched it they found nine credit cards, a card from 2004 bearing the names and numbers of the Liberty Seguros team, business cards belonging to Mario Zorzoli (medical chief of the UCI) and Emilio Lamparero, who the paper reported has worked as a psychologist with football club Real Madrid. Most interestingly, there was also a card from the hotel Silken with the names "Ale," "Manc," "Vino," "Popo" and "Valverde" written on it.
Read the rest here: https://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...n07/jan09news2
It's not difficult to tell who those nicknames represent. Petacchi, Mancebo, Vinokourov, and Popovych so far as I can tell. Of course, that's simply speculation.
01-09-07, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by botto
why is this news? valverde has been linked since july.
01-09-07, 07:43 PM
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Devil, where and how ya been? Also, ortiz/liddell, thoughts please....
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Originally Posted by Smoothie104
Devil, where and how ya been? Also, ortiz/liddell, thoughts please....
01-09-07, 09:20 PM
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I think this is "new news," since just yesterday T-Mobile was going to drop 3 million euros just to buy out Valverde's contract. I'd guess this leak was intended to kill that deal.
https://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/11431.0.html
https://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/11431.0.html
