http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/jun06/jun26news2

It sounds like this could be a huge blow to cycling. Jan and Tyler Hamilton's names are now popping up. Bigger than the Festina affiar? What do you thing?

I'm afraid this is going to be huge. I have a feeling that a lot of people are going down with this, and it's going to be ugly. It really saddens me to see Puerto. Everyone really is cheating.

Yesterday's names are big ones too.

"Pais has alleged that Jan Ullrich, Roberto Heras, Oscar Sevilla, Joseba Beloki, Santiago Botero, Santi Pérez, Tyler Hamilton, Quique Gutierrez and Angel Edo are all mentioned in the 500 page report that will be delivered to the Spanish Secretary of State for Sport, Jaime Lissavetsky. In addition, Spanish radio Cadena Ser mentions that Ivan Basso, Francisco Mancebo, and Rabobank riders Denis Menchov and Juan-Antonio Flecha are on the list. In total, 22 riders scheduled to take part in the Tour de France are on the list of 58. All the riders questioned by journalists so far have denied any involvement in the affair."

Yesterday's names are big ones too.

"Pais has alleged that Jan Ullrich, Roberto Heras, Oscar Sevilla, Joseba Beloki, Santiago Botero, Santi Pérez, Tyler Hamilton, Quique Gutierrez and Angel Edo are all mentioned in the 500 page report that will be delivered to the Spanish Secretary of State for Sport, Jaime Lissavetsky. In addition, Spanish radio Cadena Ser mentions that Ivan Basso, Francisco Mancebo, and Rabobank riders Denis Menchov and Juan-Antonio Flecha are on the list. In total, 22 riders scheduled to take part in the Tour de France are on the list of 58. All the riders questioned by journalists so far have denied any involvement in the affair."

Basso and Ullrich have been banned from the Tour.

If there ever was a sport dirtier than baseball, it's cycling.

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