Spanish rider Valverde banned until end-2011 - CAS (AFP)

May 31st, 2010

Alejandro Valverde, of the Caisse d'Epargne team, pictured in action in March 2010. Valverde has received a two-year ban from world sport's top court, the CAS, over his implication in the Operation Puerto drugs scandal which erupted in 2006.(AFP/File/Pascal Pavani)AFP - Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde on Monday received a two-year ban from world sport's top court, the CAS, over his implication in the Operation Puerto drugs scandal which erupted in 2006.