Spanish Cycling Federation drops proceedings in Operation Puerto

The Spanish Cycling Federation has decided to drop the disciplinary proceedings against riders involved in Spanish doping investigation 'Operation Puerto' but a disciplinary probe against team officials and employees implicated in the scandal continues.

The decision arrived after the judge overseeing the case said evidence from the investigation could not be used as the basis for punishing the riders who were implicated and earlier on Friday, charges against Italy's Ivan Basso were dropped.