Swiss cycling expecting tough legal battle

Jan Ullrich's hearing before the Swiss cycling federation could be a tough legal battle, because "it will involve particular and immense legal problems", Lorenz Schläfli, head of the federation told AFP. "It is the first time we have had a case like this."

Schläfli said that they are not actually ready to open the proceedings because of questions about the documents involved. "If we had opened the process with these documents, it would have lasted just five minutes," Schläfli said, adding Ullrich's lawyers could have asked to have the case dismissed.

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