Upon closer examination, the AP story surrounding German biochemist Werner Franke's doping accusations against Tour de France winner Alberto Contador read more provocatively than The Nation first thought. Found in CyclingForums.com:
Franke said he has documents from last year's Operation Puerto doping
investigation in Spain which show that Contador, a Spaniard who won the
doping-marred Tour on Sunday, had taken HMG-Lepori as a testosterone booster
and an asthma product called TGN."We can confirm we have received the documents, and they will be
incorporated into procedures of the district attorney's office," Christian
Brockert, spokesman for Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, told The
Associated Press...Contador, who rides for the Discovery Channel team, missed the 2006 Tour
when his former team, Liberty, was disqualified because he and four other
riders - plus the team director and doctor - were allegedly linked to
Operation Puerto.
Media sources, including Le Monde, hinted at Contador's involvement. However Franke seems to have resorted to subterfuge to obtain copies. Read the third paragraph below. Very interesting. We have the feeling this story might lead somewhere, but wonder how it all relates to the 2008 Tour.
He isn't the first to say he possesses copies of the Operation Puerto
investigation in which Contador's name surfaces. France's Le Monde
newspaper, along with several German ones, have printed parts of documents.
More than a week ago, Germany's Bild and Suddeutsche Zeitung printed
documents which purport to show the customers of the Madrid clinic.The initials A.C. were listed, surrounded by other initials that matched up
with Liberty riders.Franke apparently has acquired other documents, saying only he got them "in
my briefcase" while Spanish police weren't watching."The 2007 Tour de France suffered greatly from doping problems," the UCI
said in a statement Tuesday. "This was directly related to the significant
increase in the number of anti-doping controls."
It isn't beyond reason to take a very hard look at documents that end up in someone's "briefcase". Remember that in the David Miller/Confidis trial in France last year, a policeman was indicted and sentenced to jail for forging a "confession" from rider Cedric Vasseur. That "confession" was published in a number of newspapers. On its face, it seemed very real, considering it came from a "police source". Unfortunately, it's contents were 100% fake.
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