AgilisMerlin
12-19-2006, 04:12 PM
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19/12/2006
How much money changed hands between Fuentes and his clients in Operación Puerto?
Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich, Oscar Sevilla, Carlos Garcia Quesada and John Lelangue are finding their way through, as Jeff Jones writes.
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€70,000 for a Fuentes treatment
It cost up to €70,000 per year to be treated by Eufemiano Fuentes and co., according to Spanish weekly Interviù. In its latest issue, the publication goes into more detail about the financial side of Operación Puerto, based on leaked documents from the case.
Interviù published a handwritten sheet of paper, which it claims was written by Fuentes. The document allegedly outlines how much he and the other members of his circle received from the riders on their program: Both "Birillo" and "Nibelungo" had to shell out €70,000 a year for their treatment, while "Sevilla", "Botero", "Hrs" and "Porras" had to pay €50,000 each. The codenames allegedly correspond to riders names ("Birillo" is Ivan Basso, "Nibelungo" is Jan Ullrich, "Sevilla" is Oscar Sevilla, "Botero" is Santiago Botero, "Hrs" is Roberto Heras and "Porras" is Francisco Mancebo, although Interviù offered no proof of this.
Interviù published a second document concerning "Birillo", which is the result of a blood analysis carried out on him at Jose Merino Batres' lab on November 3, 2005. Ivan Basso has always denied any sort of link between himself and the Fuentes circle.
If a rider under Fuentes' care won the Tour de France, then they would have to pay the doctor a bonus of €50,000. The Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a España and World Championships were worth an extra €30,000 each.
On the other side of the coin, Interviù showed how much this business was worth to its purveyors. The best paid was "Asterix", who received €150,000 per season, then "Mrn", who took home €84,000, while "Macario" and "M-Pñas" were both paid €50,000. Interviù alleged that "Asterix" was Eufemiano Fuentes, "Mrn" was Jose Merino Batres", "Macario" was Ignacio Labarta, and "M-Pñas" was Alessandro Kalc. The latter is a mountain bike instructor who is alleged to have been the main blood courier between Madrid and the Giro d'Italia.
aMERLIn
19/12/2006
How much money changed hands between Fuentes and his clients in Operación Puerto?
Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich, Oscar Sevilla, Carlos Garcia Quesada and John Lelangue are finding their way through, as Jeff Jones writes.
PIC BY TDWSPORT.COM
€70,000 for a Fuentes treatment
It cost up to €70,000 per year to be treated by Eufemiano Fuentes and co., according to Spanish weekly Interviù. In its latest issue, the publication goes into more detail about the financial side of Operación Puerto, based on leaked documents from the case.
Interviù published a handwritten sheet of paper, which it claims was written by Fuentes. The document allegedly outlines how much he and the other members of his circle received from the riders on their program: Both "Birillo" and "Nibelungo" had to shell out €70,000 a year for their treatment, while "Sevilla", "Botero", "Hrs" and "Porras" had to pay €50,000 each. The codenames allegedly correspond to riders names ("Birillo" is Ivan Basso, "Nibelungo" is Jan Ullrich, "Sevilla" is Oscar Sevilla, "Botero" is Santiago Botero, "Hrs" is Roberto Heras and "Porras" is Francisco Mancebo, although Interviù offered no proof of this.
Interviù published a second document concerning "Birillo", which is the result of a blood analysis carried out on him at Jose Merino Batres' lab on November 3, 2005. Ivan Basso has always denied any sort of link between himself and the Fuentes circle.
If a rider under Fuentes' care won the Tour de France, then they would have to pay the doctor a bonus of €50,000. The Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a España and World Championships were worth an extra €30,000 each.
On the other side of the coin, Interviù showed how much this business was worth to its purveyors. The best paid was "Asterix", who received €150,000 per season, then "Mrn", who took home €84,000, while "Macario" and "M-Pñas" were both paid €50,000. Interviù alleged that "Asterix" was Eufemiano Fuentes, "Mrn" was Jose Merino Batres", "Macario" was Ignacio Labarta, and "M-Pñas" was Alessandro Kalc. The latter is a mountain bike instructor who is alleged to have been the main blood courier between Madrid and the Giro d'Italia.
aMERLIn