October 19, 2007
Saiz – a name tainted by Puerto
Just in case you wondered where he was and what he was doing, Cyclingnews.com is kind enough to let us know…To some, the name Manolo Sáiz conjures up vivid images of cycling’s biggest doping investigation, Operación Puerto, but to others it conjures up years of successful management of the Spanish teams ONCE and Liberty Seguros. After a long history of leading riders such as Laurent Jalabert, Abraham Olano, and Miguel Indurain, Sáiz’ career hit a major snag when he was arrested along with Eufemiano Fuentes and two others after a police raided Fuentes’ Madrid clinic and came up with hundreds of bags of blood, doping products and performance enhancing drugs.
