Pevenage confirms Ullrich-Fuentes meetings

Former Jan Ullrich mentor Rudy Pevenage has confirmed meetings between the retired rider and Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, according to the German news magazine Focus. Bonn, Germany, prosecutor Fred Apostel confirmed Pevenage's statements to the magazine.

Pevenage was questioned by the German Bundeskriminalamt (federal police) last month, and Focus reported that the Belgian said that he made multiple trips with Ullrich to Fuentes in Madrid. However, he clamed that Ullrich and Fuentes only developed health and training plans, and that he was not present at their conversations. According to the report, the prosecutors do not believe these claims.