Operación Puerto

Hailed as 'an example,' Alejandro Valverde didn’t make the right choices when he should have, writes Peter Cossins.

Spanish manager speaks about his role in the 'Operación Puerto' doping scandal and why he never came back to the peloton.

Spanish veterans with links to Operación Puerto secure deals with continental teams for next season.

The never-ending Puerto saga seems to have hit a frustrating end as the names of identified athletes will remain secret due to a statute of limitations

The veteran Movistar captain shares his struggles that haunted him after a controversial racing ban just days ahead of defending his world title

Seven more names - including four active riders - matched to Puerto blood bags, court action prevents release

The Spaniard was asked about his doping ban dating back to 2010 after he won a criterium in Japan over the weekend.

With Alejandro Valverde in the rainbow jersey, the lingering evidence from the Operacion Puerto doping scandal may get reexamined.

Officials are still pushing for the release of names of athletes linked to the doping ring headed up by Eufemiano Fuentes.

More names linked to the Operación Puerto doping scandal from a decade ago could be soon released.

Does WADA know the secrets hidden in the blood bags of Operacion Puerto?

Operación Puerto is likely the biggest, most confusing doping scandal to ever hit sports. Here's your quick-hit guide to what's happening after the latest court ruling in Spain.

The blood bags and other physical evidence in the decade-long doping scandal might finally be released after an appeals court ruling.

Jørg Jaksche is doubtful that much has changed in the 10 years since cycling's biggest doping scandal, says Armstrong was unfairly the scapegoat.

A decade later, it's the doping scandal that changed everything. Right? A look back at Operación Puerto, a watershed moment for pro cycling.

Italian authorities played a crucial role in Alejandro Valverde's two-year racing ban, but the Spaniard insists he's over the past.

Spanish judges are due to decide the fate of Operación Puerto evidence by the end of March, potentially unveiling well-kept doping secrets.

Andrew Hood reviews his 10 biggest stories of the year, from Horner to Froome, and everything in between

UCI, WADA among the parties appealing the Puerto ruling in attempt to gain access to blood bags

Spaniard says Sky's Chris Froome will be the man to beat in the three-week race

German Tour champion could lose his gold and silver medals from the Sydney Olympics after admitting to working with Fuentes

In an interview, the UCI boss reiterates the governing body's opinion on the ruling from the Spanish doping case

Prosecutor to file appeal and ask for Fuentes' sentence to be extended to two years, meaning jail time

Cycling world governing body wants access to the more than 200 blood and plasma bags seized in raids during the Puerto investigation

Spanish rider was suspended after links to the Operación Puerto doping scandal surfaced

A Spanish judge ordered the blood bags destroyed at the conclusion of the two-month trial last month

Olympic body says it's disappointed the evidence will not be "available to anti-doping organizations to further the fight against doping"

Ann Munoz, director of Spain's anti-doping agency, says she will fight to gain custody of the 200-plus Puerto blood bags

Two of the five defendants in the Operación Puerto trial are guilty of endangering public health; the three others are acquitted

Among the defendants in the Spanish court is Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, who allegedly helped several cyclists dope

Spanish court should hand down Puerto verdicts next week

Czech's win resurfaces questions over links to Ferrari, Riis' links to Fuentes

After 10 weeks, the Operación Puerto trial is nearly over. What have we learned about the doping case that started in 2006?

Puerto doctor provided testimony in defamation case between soccer club and Le Monde in 2006

Eufemiano Fuentes tells a Spanish court that he will cooperate with the World Anti-Doping Agency if it asks for his clients' names

Pablo Jimenez de Parga says a strong sentence for Fuentes and four others will show that Spain is committed to stopping doping

That the judge "is ruling only upon matters of health and not on doping leads to a very frustrating outcome," says Rogge

Spanish prosecutors give final arguments in their case against Eufemiano Fuentes, Manolo Saiz, and three others

WADA attorney reiterates desire for Puerto blood bags to be handed over, but the UCI mum at Fuentes trial

At the Puerto doping trial, Spanish riders Ángel Vicioso and Marcos Serrano say they never underwent transfusions under Fuentes

Former owner of Phonak says he was not aware of doping practices by Tyler Hamilton and others

Ekimov tells us that media reports citing Vicioso whereabouts questions for suspension are untrue

American details trip he made with Phonak director and teammates to Madrid for transfusions in 2004

Contador removed from witness list by Saíz attorney; Katusha rider, scheduled to testify on Friday, is missing

Tyler Hamilton testifies that Bjarne Riis introduced him to Puerto ringleader Fuentes and that a negative blood reaction turned his urine black

Scientist whose lab stores the Puerto blood and plasma bags also scheduled to testify on Tuesday

Undercutting the defense, expert says transfusions "can cause permanent damage to organs or even death"

Spaniard says team management and Fuentes pressured him to dope and went to great lengths to avoid detection

A doctor scheduled to testify on Wednesday in the Puerto trial died suddenly from apparent cardiac arrest on Tuesday

Beloki insists he never had a relationship with Fuentes despite evidence to the contrary

A key prosecution witness in the trial against Eufemiano Fuentes has died before he was set to provide testimony on Wednesday

Italian Olympic committee will look into allegations made by La Gazzetta dello Sport that the "Lion King" doped his way to his 2002 world title and more

Former Liberty Seguros rider provides first clear testimony outlining Puerto doping practices; Basso sticks to his 'attempted doping' line

Spaniard will appear in the flesh

A half dozen riders will appear for three days of testimony regarding the doping ring

Tennis stars wants Fuentes' client list released

"Spartacus" says he was not "Luigi" in the Puerto files

A Spanish sports daily reports links between Puerto doc and Real Sociedad

Already under heavy media pressure for its own doping legacy, Blanco has suspended Sánchez

The presiding judge has left no doubt that doping is not on trial

After the Spanish judge presiding over the Operación Puerto hearings fails to press for names, we may end up hearing little new from the trial

The opening days of the Puerto trial have the look of a great work of surrealist art

Court will consider WADA, Spanish anti-doping agency requests for blood and plasma bags in its possession

Questions over Riis, unnamed riders, and other sports abound, but answers may be hard to come by

Fuentes, four others on trial for endangering public health through blood transfusion network

WADA chief Howman says "every possible block has been put in the way" of discovering who besides cyclists might be implicated in Operación Puerto

Fuentes, Saíz facing two-year jail terms as Operacion Puerto case finally goes to trial

With Tyler Hamilton's new book and explosive allegations, Saxo Bank boss Bjarne Riis is back to denying his involvement with Eufemiano Fuentes

Former Tour champ, perennial second-place vaguely acknowledges indiscretions, wants to move forward

Movistar rider remains defiant

Alejandro Valverde isn't lacking self-confidence as he's poised to return to racing later this month

Alejandro Valverde will be making his comeback in Movistar colors on Wednesday

Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes and six others will go on trial for suspected involvement in a doping network in cycling, according to a judge's ruling released Wednesday.

The slow hand of justice in Spain seems finally to be moving. Nearly six years after police uncovered the Operación Puerto doping ring, officials are pressing for jail time for the leading protagonists.

The positive clenbuterol test of Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has consumed the cycling world since its announcement in September. While he's never tested positive before, Contador's career has been affected almost from its start by doping allegations — often against others.

Manolo Saíz, the controversial Spanish team manager caught up in the Operación Puerto doping scandal of 2006, is plotting his return to the elite pro ranks.

Luís León Sánchez has denied reports in the Spanish daily El Mundo that he’s linked to the ongoing doping investigation dubbed “Operación Galgo” that’s centered on alleged activities by Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes.

Former Spanish mountain bike rider Alberto Leon, one of six people accused last month as part of a probe into sports doping, was found dead in an apparent suicide, reports said Monday. More soon on this developing story.

Media reports naming Óscar Pereiro as “Urko” in the Operación Puerto have been proven false after Spanish authorities have linked track and field star Marta Domínguez to the alleged code name instead.

For the first time since the team’s early days in the early 1980s, before Reynolds evolved into super-teams under the Banesto, Illes Balears and Caisse d’Epargne banners, Eusebio Unzue won’t have a major GC captain to carry the squad into the grand tours.