Spanish cycling chief "had doubts" for years

Fugencio Sanchez, head of the Spanish cycling federation, said that he had suspicions for years about those persons caught up in Operación Puerto, and called the present situation "one of the greatest crises in Spanish sport."

"We've had doubts. We had heard comments," Sanchez told The Associated Press. "I always thought that this day had to come in order to clear up those doubts.

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