Operacion Puerto Blood Confirmed to Be Ullrich’s
By Jessica | Permalink |
2 comments | April 3rd, 2007 | Trackback
This just in, via CyclingNews:
German sports news agency sid revealed on Tuesday afternoon that the blood bags seized in Operación Puerto and marked “Jan,” “number 1″ or “Hijo Rudicio” (’son of Rudy’) have been confirmed to contain the blood of the now-retired German cycling star, Jan Ullrich. Public prosecutor Fred Apostel told sports news agency sid that the comparison with a DNA sample taken from Ullrich’s saliva showed “without a doubt” that the blood seized by the Guardia Civil last year indeed belonged to the only German to have ever won the Tour de France.
It doesn’t matter that this isn’t necessarily a surprise, it still makes me feel sick to my stomach.
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