On June 30 several riders were
suspended by their teams as a result of a 38 pages report of the Spanish
Guardia Civil. The document, initially sent to the UCI and later forwarded to
the teams, contained cycling-related extracts from what was reported as 500
pages of police report about the so called Operation Puerto, in which the
Spanish police investigated into a doping network around the Spanish
gynaecologist Eufemmiano Fuentes. The 38 page document was reported as
containing strong evidence of individual riders' doping practices, the most
prominent among the accused being Tour de France favorites Ivan Basso and Jan
Ullrich. After the police report, which led to the expulsions, has been leaked,
closer investigation into the evidence provided raises some serious doubts as
to whether the Guardia Civil's conclusions and identifications of single riders
are watertight. Especially in the cases of Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich evidence
seems sparse and quite vage
