In recent weeks, Spanish police from the Guardia Civil have been investigating several athletes and cycling professionals involved and suspected in cases of trafficking prohibited substances to athletes. In all, so far, there are eight people involved, but the judge responsible for the case has not released the names.
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During the investigations, the authorities stated that the scheme was led by the doctor Marcos Maynar, who was already involved in cases of doping in the Portuguese team LA-MSS, Vicente Belda, a former professional and former director of the Kelme team, and his son Vicente Belda Garcia, a former cyclist suspended in 2017, is involved in the investigations.
Marcos Maynar recruited several athletes, who paid a high amount, offering preparation in training, nutritional supplementation and willingness to consume drugs and substances prohibited in sport. All the athletes’ assessments, such as analyzes and stress tests, were carried out at the Faculty of Sports Sciences in Extremadura, where the doctor was a professor. The investigation also investigates former cyclists Miguel Ángel López and Gipuzkoa Ángel Vázquez Iglesias.
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