Expected resolution to Operación Puerto appeals this week

It's all about blood - performance-enhancing methods abound in pro cycling

It's all about blood - performance-enhancing methods abound in pro cycling (Image credit: Daniel Simms)

The long awaited conclusion to the 2006 Operación Puerto is set to come to a head this week with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirming Madrid's Provincial Court prosecutor will publish its verdict on the appeals made by the UCI, Spain's Sports’ Council (CSD) and WADA, among others, into the April 2013, ruling by Judge Julia Patricia Santamaria to destroy 200 blood bags belonging to 35 professional cyclists and athletes found in Eufemiano Fuentes office during a 2006 police raid.

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