Operación Puerto doping case
During an interview on 3 August 2006 with German regional television channel Rheinmaintv, Franke claimed that cyclist Jan Ullrich purchased about €35,000 worth of doping products a year based on documents uncovered in the Operación Puerto doping case. A German court imposed a gag order on Franke after it found there was not enough evidence to link Ullrich to doping. However that case is returning to court since DNA analysis linked Ullrich to nine bags of blood seized in the Puerto case.