New doping affair in Spain

[poupou]

According Eurosport,

A lab and 26 persons have been arrested, they were trafficking different kind of PED including EPO.

Descente de police en Espagne

Vingt-six personnes, dont le directeur d'un club cycliste et sept Britanniques, ont été arrêtées en Espagne dans une opération contre un réseau de trafic de substances dopantes et de médicaments falsifiés, a annoncé lundi la police espagnole dans un communiqué.
Il s'agissait de "la plus grande organisation internationale agissant en Espagne pour le trafic illégal de médicaments, hormone de croissance et substances dopantes", selon la police qui a indiqué avoir saisi "700.000 doses de produits pharmaceutiques illégaux et 10.000 ampoules d'hormone de croissance".
Les arrestations ont été opérées à Madrid, en Andalousie et dans l'est de l'Espagne. "Le directeur général d'une équipe cycliste connue qui compte dans ses rangs d'anciens champions du monde et d'Europe" a été arrêté "au moment où ils recevaient une importante quantité d'époétine alpha, une substance connue sdous le nom d'EPO". Par ailleurs, lors de deux perquisitions "a été saisie une importante quantité de produits dopants et anabolisants", a encore indiqué la police.
La police a également démantelé un laboratoire où était "fabriquée et conditionnée de l'hormone de croissance (HGH et HGC)" en vue de sa commercialisation sur internet. Enfin, le réseau se dédiait aussi au "trafic international de médicaments falsifiés, principalement destinés à combattre les dysfonctionnements de l'érection".

 

[L'arriviste]

According Eurosport,

A lab and 26 persons have been arrested, they were trafficking different kind of PED including EPO.

This has the stink of something exciting. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out. Wonder what team it is that has former world and euro champs in it!

 

[Mongol_Waaijer]

According Eurosport,

A lab and 26 persons have been arrested, they were trafficking different kind of PED including EPO.

Seven British citizens arrested?

 

[callac]

"Le directeur général d'une équipe cycliste connue qui compte dans ses rangs d'anciens champions du monde et d'Europe" a été arrêté

The director of a known team that has former World champions and Europe champions was arrested. Hmmm... What is a "Europe championship" in cycling exactly? Either the article is mixing cycling and soccer, or they are talking about national championships.

ETA: Could they mean track?

 

[ipanema]

do you have a link, cant see marca or as or euros picking up on this? seems like a bit of red herring to me

 

[hrotha]

I read in another forum that this might be a masters club.

 

[Roland Rat]

Eastern Spain? Girona's Eastern.

 

[D-Queued]

Eastern Spain? Girona's Eastern.

Girona is a PED free Oasis. Always has been.

Dave.

 

[sniper]

I read in another forum that this might be a masters club.

a masters cycling club?
could be.
would be a slight bummer.

will be interesting to learn who the former world champion is, though

 

[stefrees]

Very intrigued. World champion in road race, time trial or track?

 

[Mongol_Waaijer]

Girona area, former world champion, recent international co-operation between agencies, arrests made....

it couldn't be, could it??

 

[stefrees]

Looking at other articles it appears to be predominantly sportsman from other sports- triathletes body builders etc.

In terms of ds, if the arrests were today I can't see it being sky or garmin by fact their ds's being elsewhere (giro and Cali)

 

[Benotti69]

Girona area, former world champion, recent international co-operation between agencies, arrests made....

it couldn't be, could it??

JV is in the States!

The CEO of a famous cycling team that counts in its ranks former world champions and Europe was arrested

famous cycling team? that has to narrow it down a bit, to at least 5!

 

[stefrees]

Could it be endura?

 

[adamski101]

Could it be endura?

hardly a top team. it may be that the British arrests are those who involved the dealing and transporting of the drugs and not cylists? it's all a bit vague at the moment.

 

[poupou]

A policia spanish link
http://www.policia.es/prensa/20110516_3.html

 

[hrotha]

A policia spanish link
http://www.policia.es/prensa/20110516_3.html

Thanks. So it's official, it's a masters cycling club's director... but is that the same guy as the general manager of a "well known cycling team" which has "several former World and European champions in its roster"? I'm struggling to think the police would describe any masters club as "well known".

 

[sniper]

Thanks. So it's official, it's a masters cycling club's director... but is that the same guy as the general manager of a "well known cycling team" which has "several former World and European champions in its roster"? I'm struggling to think the police would describe any masters club as "well known".

indeed, this remains unclear from the article.

 

[jsem94]

This is going to be very interesting....

 

[fcojavier]

From the police press release:
"Con posterioridad a las primeras detenciones se desencadenaron cuatro nuevos arrestos, entre ellos el del director general de un conocido equipo ciclista, en el que se encuentran inscritos varios antiguos campeones de mundo y de Europa de este deporte. La detención se produjo en el momento que recibían una importante cantidad de epoetina alfa, sustancia conocida como EPO. En los dos registros practicados se intervino una importante cantidad de productos dopantes y anabolizantes."

So is the manager of a well known masters cycling team with former World and European champions (whatever this means)

 

[CowboyTx]

7 Brits? Are you sure they aren't on the Costas or Puerto Banus?

 

[The Hitch]

No football.

Very disappointed.

 

[happychappy]

Seven British citizens arrested?

Have there been any tweets from cath wiggins lately?

 

[Parrulo]

No football.

Very disappointed.

football is completely untouchable. sad but truth. if the spanish police ever finds something on the spanish football team i am sure all evidence would be destroyed and people that could talk well paid to shut up.

 

[taiwan]

Former world and European champions - either a non-road discipline or the info's inaccurate in some way.

I'll go Garmin though.