The Spanish judge in charge of investigating Operación Puerto has refused to hand over one of the bags of blood taken into custody in the investigation to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne. Judge Antonio Serrano said that the CAS was "a private association and was therefore not subject to agreements allowing the sharing of legal evidence in the European Union," according to the Spanish newspaper Marca.
According to the Reuters news agency, the CAS had requested the bag of blood in order to have a DNA comparison made. It is in connection with the appeal by the UCI and the World Anti-Doping Agency of the Spanish Cycling Federation's claims that Alejandro Valverde was not connected to Operación Puerto. The Spanish cyclist has denied any involvement in the doping scandal.
