Although almost all federations closed their cases against riders who are allegedly involved in the Fuentes affaire, the Swiss anti-doping commission is still investigating the Ullrich case. Bernhard Welten of the anti-doping commission of Swiss Olympic told reporters yesterday that a decision if Swiss Olympic will file charges against Ullrich, will not be decided before early next year. Last month Welten told Swiss daily newspaper NZZ that a decision would be made before the end of the year. According to Welten the delay is caused by an announcement of the German and Spanish authorities that they will send requested additional documents about the case in January. Strangely enough the Spanish authorities announced last month that they would not provide new documents before the end of the Fuentes trail, which is expected in the summer of 2007.  The Madrid court that handles the Fuentes case also ruled that the Puerto documents are not to be used to start disciplinary actions against riders by their cycling federation. After the court ruling several cycling federations closed cases against allegedly involved riders like Ivan Basso, Joseba Beloki, Alan Davis and others. Former Liberty Seguros manager Manolo Saiz even became a Pro-Tour license for the 2007 season by the UCI. According to Welten the court rule applies only for criminal cases but the case of Swiss Olympic against Ullrich would fall under civil law. Jan Ullrich's lawyers told Cyclingheroes that the swiss federation is not in charge.

 

Meanwhile German rider Jörg Jaksche is allowed to race again.  Jaksche, who lives in Austria, has an Austrian professional license and president, Rudolf Massak of the Austrian cycling federation told reporters yesterday that his federation wil not open a case against Jaksche.  Massak added that his federation might open a case if new findings would be submitted.  Jörg Jaksche has a contract with Activebay, the company which is co-owned by Maolo saiz, until the end of 2007.  At the moment it is totally unclear if Saiz still has control over parts of the Astana squad or if he will be able to start a new team with a new sponsor.