Fact check
Is it true: Operación Puerto Madrid doping investigation (2006)?
Yes — this is confirmed.
Guardia Civil raid May 23, 2006 seized 200+ blood bags, EPO, and transfusion equipment from Fuentes' Madrid clinic. ~50 pro cyclists implicated by codename. Jan Ullrich dismissed by T-Mobile and later admitted doping; Ivan Basso banned 2 years (admitted attempted doping); Alejandro Valverde banned 2 years (DNA-linked to seized samples). 2013 court destruction order overturned 2016 but most bags destroyed. Fuentes: 1-year suspended sentence. WADA and UCI formally protested the destruction of evidence.
The claim
Spanish Guardia Civil raided Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes' Madrid clinic on Calle Zurbano on May 23, 2006, seizing over 200 blood bags labeled with athlete codenames alongside EPO and transfusion equipment.
Key evidence
May 23, 2006 Guardia Civil raid seizes 200+ blood bags
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