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Swiss Cycling to Ullrich: “We’d love to investigate your case, but we don’t have the paperwork.”

1 comment | January 15th, 2007 | Trackback

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Now that Jan Ullrich has moved to Switzerland, he’s under investigation by Swiss Cycling for his alleged involvement in the Operacion Puerto doping scandal. And Swiss Cycling would like nothing more than to put the investigation to bed - only they can’t seem to get the documents they’ve requested from Spain.

Bernhard Welten, who is leading the investigation, told Sport1.de, “I figure it will be the end of January before the UCI gives me the documents. Then the recommendation will be either acquittal or lifelong ban. In my eyes Jan Ullrich is a repeat offender, because of his six-month suspension by the German federation (in 2002).”

It’s not lookin’ good for the German, I gotta say. If the folks leading the investigation are already thinking along the lines of lifetime bans, even before they get the friggin’ paperwork, I’d say that’s a blow.