The Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) has asked authorities for records and test results relating to the recently reopened Operation Puerto probe into an alleged doping ring, sports newspaper As reported.

The federation has requested blood test results and documentation from a Madrid court and is looking to punish cyclists and technical staff implicated in the investigation, As said.

An RFEC spokesman declined to confirm the report. However, a source close to the matter, who declined to be named for legal reasons, told Reuters: "I can confirm that the Spanish federation are to ask for the Operation Puerto records."

The investigation was originally launched in the spring of 2006 when raids uncovered anabolic steroids, blood transfusion equipment and more than 200 code-named blood bags, some of which were linked to leading riders.

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