A Madrid court closed the Operation Puerto investigation into a doping ring in cycling without a single conviction Thursday after concluding no criminal offences had been committed.
The case was originally closed in March 2007 before a court ordered it to be reopened in February this year because of evidence of possible offences against public health by doctors implicated in the probe.
However, a report by Spain's toxicology institute said it was impossible to determine whether any physical damage had been inflicted on cyclists, court documents said Thursday.
Saunier Duval officially announced on Thursday that they were withdrawing their sponsorship of the cycling team that bears their name because of doping scandals.
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French anti-doping chief Pierre Bordry has not ruled out further positive tests in the Tour de France but said he believed cycling would be cleaner after the race finish in Pa...More>
South African industrial group Barloworld will end their cycling team sponsorship after the Tour de France following a positive dope test by one of their riders on the three-w...More>
The Tour de France was hit by doping again on Wednesday when Moises Duenas Nevado of the Barloworld team became the second Spaniard to test positive for the blood-boosting ery...More>
As the Tour de France paused for a rest day in Pau yesterday the ProTour teams in the race made an announcement that seems certain to sound the death knell for the Internation...More>
Three-times Tour de France champion Greg LeMond called for cycling to ditch the International Cycling Union (UCI) and restore its image under a new federation.
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Neo Sports has announced an agreement with the Amaury Sport Organisation to provide live coverage of the cycling tournament Tour De France from 2008 to 2010.
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