When Spanish police raided Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes' clinic in 2006, they discovered over 200 blood bags labeled with cryptic codes like "AC Milan" and "Número 1." While the world was told this was a cycling scandal that brought down Lance Armstrong, the evidence suggests something far more extensive. Tennis players during Spain's golden era, football stars from Real Madrid and the national team, and Olympic athletes across multiple sports were allegedly clients of Fuentes' sophisticated doping network. Yet only cyclists faced prosecution. This episode examines how an entire sporting conspiracy was covered up to protect valuable entertainment properties, with cycling sacrificed as the scapegoat while other sports claimed innocence despite equal involvement in systematic performance enhancement.
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