Court Reopens Operation Puerto Case

MADRID, Spain - A Spanish court ordered the reopening of Operation Puerto, a widespread doping probe that has implicated some of cycling’s biggest stars.Spain’s Provincial Court on Thursday decided to re-examine the case after investigative magistrate Antonio Serrano had closed it a year ago without issuing any indictments because Spain’s new doping law was not in force when the case broke. The investigation will now likely be sent back to Serrano.The probe started when Spanish police raided clinics in Madrid and Zaragoza in May 2006 and found bags of blood, blood transfusion equipment and anabolic steroids. More than 50 cyclists have been implicated.

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