218:. In addition, Manzano paid 3,000 euros before the start of the 2003 Tour de France to the team for the medical expenses as an investment to what he and the team expected would be repaid with the proceeds of a stage win or other wins. He believed that the rest of the riders on the team paid the same amount of money. On the morning of the seventh stage of the Tour, the team doctor gave him a product that he had never used before. Fifty millilitres were injected into one of his veins. On the first climb of the day, Col de Portes, Manzano and
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investigation began in early 2006 with the result of arrests in May 2006. Manzano's statements had led directly to the development of this investigation. Manzano claimed that there were other sports athletes treated by Dr.Fuentes such as soccer players, tennis players and track and field athletes. He
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the director of the Tour de France was also sceptical about the allegations. The Kelme officials dismissed his claims as revenge and
Manzano did say that he wanted revenge on the team that had left him short of a month's wages and unemployed. It has been reported that by making the confessions to the
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Manzano received 125ml of blood from an assistant of the team doctor. Manzano said that there was no control conducted to ensure that the unlabelled blood bag was his blood and afterwards felt sick. He tried to take the train but his condition was so bad that he had to leave the train before it left
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attacked the peloton and got away in an attempt to bridge up to an earlier breakaway. As
Virenque's teammate was ahead, Virenque did not do any of the work to get to the group. After three kilometres of the climb, Manzano began to become dizzy. Virenque attacked and got away. Manzano collapsed after
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Manzano made further revelations in a second interview with the paper where he alleged that the teams en-masse withdrawal from stage one of the Tour of
Portugal in 2003 was connected to a positive doping test in the previous Tour de France and that the riders withdrew en masse to avoid being tested
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where he rode with a knee injury. Manzano stayed in the race until the 20th stage. He had been found with a woman in his bedroom the previous night which was not allowed by the team who subsequently, as has been written, fired him.
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1002:"Manzano's statements pivotal to latest scandal"
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660:"Bad blood between Manzano and Kelme"
606:Fotheringham, Alasdair (2004-03-27).
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1070:"Shorts: Manzano, Astana, Tour 2007"
729:"Amore e vita opens door to Manzano"
635:"Manzano viel van fiets door doping"
538:Fotheringham, William (2004-09-22).
771:"Kelme's woes continue in Portugal"
367:doped with testosterone during the
1172:"Manzano slams Valverde and Aldag"
584:. Brown University. Archived from
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960:"No good news for Manzano's knee"
705:"Ex-rider tells of wide drug use"
465:"Long break pays off for Manzano"
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897:"Manzano investigation hindered"
834:"Manzano destroyed by cortisone"
792:"More revelations from Manzano"
637:. de wielersite. Archived from
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420:List of doping cases in cycling
1022:Whittle, Jeremy (2006-07-01).
918:"Manzano investigation widens"
876:"No Tour invitation for Kelme"
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612:. London: Independent.co.uk.
206:practices of his former team
157:. That same year he rode the
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234:Manzano had a near fatal
119:Jesús María Manzano Ruano
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813:"Manzano's laundry list"
582:"Where Oxyglobin is now"
542:. London: Guardian.co.uk
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1230:Doping cases in cycling
515:"Manzano wants revenge"
939:"Manzano case dropped"
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369:2002 Vuelta a España
282:Human growth hormone
187:2003 Vuelta a España
167:2002 Vuelta a España
27:Personal information
486:"More from Manzano"
311:2004 Tour de France
216:2003 Tour de France
183:2003 Tour de France
127:road racing cyclist
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365:Alejandro Valverde
261:Jean-Marie Leblanc
194:Doping revelations
163:2002 Giro d'Italia
159:2001 Giro d'Italia
151:Kelme–Costa Blanca
100:Kelme–Costa Blanca
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319:Eufemiano Fuentes
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393:1st, stage
306:knee injury
298:haemoglobin
278:Neorecormon
236:dehydration
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248:Valencia
212:Valencia
165:and the
377:big lie
87:Climber
79:Retired
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