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Blood bags used as evidence in a major Spanish doping scandal must be handed over to authorities for investigation, a Madrid court has ruled.
The announcement comes 10 years after Operation Puerto revealed a doping network involving some of the world's top cyclists.
Police seized 211 coded blood bags from the clinic of Dr Eufemiano Fuentes.
They must now be given to the World Anti-Doping Agency, cycling bosses and the Italian Olympic Committee.
A judge had ordered the destruction of the bags following the conclusion of the court case against Fuentes in 2013.
But a number of sporting and anti-doping authorities appealed against that decision.
Tuesday's ruling - more than three years on - means they will now have access to the bags, which it is believed could contain further evidence of doping.
Be a few Spaniards be sweating tonight.
I can see injunctions galore,invasion of privacy blah,blah,blah
The announcement comes 10 years after Operation Puerto revealed a doping network involving some of the world's top cyclists.
Police seized 211 coded blood bags from the clinic of Dr Eufemiano Fuentes.
They must now be given to the World Anti-Doping Agency, cycling bosses and the Italian Olympic Committee.
A judge had ordered the destruction of the bags following the conclusion of the court case against Fuentes in 2013.
But a number of sporting and anti-doping authorities appealed against that decision.
Tuesday's ruling - more than three years on - means they will now have access to the bags, which it is believed could contain further evidence of doping.
Be a few Spaniards be sweating tonight.
I can see injunctions galore,invasion of privacy blah,blah,blah
