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A doctor accused of masterminding a vast network of doping that have shaken the world of sport and are trapped best cyclists went on trial in Spain on Monday with four alleged co-conspirators. The case centers on a sophisticated network that has been blown open May 23, 2006, when the Spanish police seized 200 bags of blood in an investigation dubbed "Operation Puerto". batman cycling jersey Witnesses test include Alberto Contador, winner of the Tour de France in 2007 and in 2009 he returned to competition after a two-year ban for testing positive for banned substance clenbuterol, which he attributed to a contaminated steak. The cyclists themselves will not be on trial because of legal restrictions of the case. But there is a great interest in sports other events - especially football and tennis - are mentioned in evidence. Thirty-five witnesses are expected to testify in a trial will last until March 22. Starting in the early hours of the day, the courthouse was surrounded by reporters, photographers and TV cameras. jersey castelli Although non-pilots sit in the dock, many will be called to testify as witnesses, including two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. It 'been stripped of a third Tour title after testing positive for clenbuterol. The process is limited to doping in cycling, although athletes in other sports have been implicated also reported the discovery of blood bags and other equipment doping in 2006. The World Anti-Doping Agency wants all the evidence to be released. The alleged leader, Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes, was in court, but the judge Julia Santamaria review legal details with lawyers before deciding to leave testimony until Tuesday. monton jersey Lawyer Carlos Sanchez is former cyclist Jesus Manzano, one of the plaintiffs. Sanchez said the opening day was devoted to the presentation of "accusations and defenses relevant individual" to determine which arguments can be used in the trial.
"None of the athletes have appeared in this case, after possibly been damaged," he said. Witnesses like former cyclist Jesus Manzano, who is scheduled to testify on February 11, will try to refute this claim. Since 2004, Manzano, a former pilot of the Spanish team Kelme, which Fuentes was then the chief physician, said the widespread doping in the team and said he suffered a blood transfusion adulterated. The 30-year-old Contador, due to appear Feb. 5, was cleared of any involvement by a Spanish judge and Puerto world sport's governing body the International Cycling Union (UCI). A case against the alleged expert network of blood, the doctor Jose Luis Merino Batres, has been provisionally closed on the grounds that he has Alzheimer's disease. The judge, Antonio Serrano, closed the case in 2007 and 2008 due to the fact that the allegations of doping-related were not illegal at the time and that small amounts were found in blood-booster EPO (erythropoietin) does not constitute a risk to health.
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