“Yes, for sure he was involved [with other sports] and when he talked about it he was quite proud,” said the German rider, who is due to give evidence in the trial. “If you watch the videos made by the police during the raid at one stage they open the fridge and pull out blood bags. They have certain code names written on them [identifying the athletes] but these names never appear in the report and I think there is a big cover-up by the Spanish government. There is no interest from on high in too much information coming out.”