Contador tests positive for Clenbuterol

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  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    I have a sneaky suspicion that its going to be no ban at all..

    I reckon the papers got a rumour of "1 year ban at most" and now blowing all out of proportion as usual..

    Could be totally wrong but that's just how I see things..
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  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Gazzaputt wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Newspapers say anything. Either way, if true it will keep many people happy while still allowing him to come back and clean up at the Vuelta this year - will be the better than the Tour, especially if Anton, Sastre, Menchov, Sanchez, Nibali, Rodriguez and others are riding this climbers GT.

    Afraid that Vuelta whatever the course will be poor mans cousin to the TDF.

    I don't think UCI or WADA will be happy with a years ban at all. Nor will most cycling fans who wish to see their sport ran 'clean'.

    Have you ever watched a Vuelta. Thought not. Light 'em up racing on the mountains.

    Every year since Eurosport has covered it actually. Yes course wise it did beat the TDF last year. Although until last years course it had been tedious I thought seeing endless stages raced on closed dual carriageways with no crowds.

    Please read my comment I wasn't talking about the race course I was commenting on the race overall.

    In terms of winning a GT TDF would always be first on a ridesr list followed by the Giro then would come the Vuelta.
  • dougzz
    dougzz Posts: 1,833
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Newspapers say anything. Either way, if true it will keep many people happy while still allowing him to come back and clean up at the Vuelta this year - will be the better than the Tour, especially if Anton, Sastre, Menchov, Sanchez, Nibali, Rodriguez and others are riding this climbers GT.

    Frenchie, is this you admitting he's dirty now then :D:D:D:D

    Clean up huh huh huh, he said.........
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
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  • moray_gub
    moray_gub Posts: 3,328
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Newspapers say anything. Either way, if true it will keep many people happy while still allowing him to come back and clean up at the Vuelta this year - will be the better than the Tour, especially if Anton, Sastre, Menchov, Sanchez, Nibali, Rodriguez and others are riding this climbers GT.

    According to him he is not coming back if found guilty he will be retiring............yeah right Bertie even a convicted dope cheat like him( as he surely will be) can still pocket a wad after ban.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Gazzaputt wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Newspapers say anything. Either way, if true it will keep many people happy while still allowing him to come back and clean up at the Vuelta this year - will be the better than the Tour, especially if Anton, Sastre, Menchov, Sanchez, Nibali, Rodriguez and others are riding this climbers GT.

    Afraid that Vuelta whatever the course will be poor mans cousin to the TDF.

    I don't think UCI or WADA will be happy with a years ban at all. Nor will most cycling fans who wish to see their sport ran 'clean'.

    So, you'll be OK with him getting the one year ban, then.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • FransJacques
    FransJacques Posts: 2,148
    Schleck wins the '11 tour. Actually, I wonder if LA might now decide to make another comeback. Afterall Michael Jordan (another Nike athlete) did a few comebacks.

    Tour's are always great when major contenders are absent - look at how much we're still speaking about the 06 Tour :-)

    Seriously, this plays well into Basso's plans for his first tour win.
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  • Ron Stuart
    Ron Stuart Posts: 1,242
    Never heard of going to war over a newspaper article before, sounds more like this post is on non-PED's.

    Lighten up kids :D (s**t happens)
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Plasticisers? Surely they can ban him for the plasticisers even if he gets off with the contaminated veggieburger thing.

    PS Andy Schleck won't win the Tour.
    He'll come second. Again.
  • domhopson
    domhopson Posts: 259
    FransJacques wrote:
    Schleck wins the '11 tour. Actually, I wonder if LA might now decide to make another comeback. Afterall Michael Jordan (another Nike athlete) did a few comebacks.

    Tour's are always great when major contenders are absent - look at how much we're still speaking about the 06 Tour :-)

    Seriously, this plays well into Basso's plans for his first tour win.

    I actually think Schleck will bottle it and Basso take it.
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Remember when Ricco was busted in the 2009 Tour...................with his bleached blond hair.

    Probably just a coincidence though. Mistook the toilet bleach for the shampoo bottle one morning. It happens.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Will this thread make it to a century of pages (surely a record*) before a decision is made?

    *In the Pro Race section - I'm fully aware of Girls in Lycra.
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  • hommelbier
    hommelbier Posts: 1,556
    Tusher wrote:
    Remember when Ricco was busted in the 2009 Tour...................with his bleached blond hair.

    Probably just a coincidence though. Mistook the toilet bleach for the shampoo bottle one morning. It happens.

    Must be an Italian thing - just like Marco Pantani and his Mercatoni Uno teammates all those years ago at the end of the '98 tour.

    Meanwhile back to the original topic...
  • edhornby
    edhornby Posts: 1,780
    Tusher wrote:
    Plasticisers? Surely they can ban him for the plasticisers even if he gets off with the contaminated veggieburger thing.

    PS Andy Schleck won't win the Tour.
    He'll come second. Again.

    I would love them to ratify plasticizers as a valid test pronto and then retest the existing samples and nab him - but they won't so it's the clen or nothing

    I reckon schleck will do it this year although it'll be interesting to see him being the hunted rather than hunter
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  • cajun_cyclist
    cajun_cyclist Posts: 493
    Decision already Thursday according to Cycling Weekly.

    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... rsday.html
    A decision on Alberto Contador's case relating to his positive test for banned substance clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France is due on Thursday (January 27).

    Waiting to see if this makes the first post on page 100.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Has a thread on Lancey boy ever run this long. Obviously Contador is the best cyclist in the World for the past decade hence why so many people care to contribute.

    Numero uno:
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    Basso for the win. Thanks.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Has a thread on Lancey boy ever run this long. Obviously Contador is the best cyclist in the World for the past decade hence why so many people care to contribute.

    Past decade? You mean 2000 - 2009, where Armstrong won the Tour 6 times?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    iainf72 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Has a thread on Lancey boy ever run this long. Obviously Contador is the best cyclist in the World for the past decade hence why so many people care to contribute.

    Past decade? You mean 2000 - 2009, where Armstrong won the Tour 6 times?

    You kidding. I cannot be bothered to get into the long debate of greatness. I've said it before numerous times. Contador's palmares and abilities crush Lance's one-trick pony, huge drug assisted achievements.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • stevie_90210
    stevie_90210 Posts: 94
    frenchfighter wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Has a thread on Lancey boy ever run this long. Obviously Contador is the best cyclist in the World for the past decade hence why so many people care to contribute.

    Past decade? You mean 2000 - 2009, where Armstrong won the Tour 6 times?

    You kidding. I cannot be bothered to get into the long debate of greatness. I've said it before numerous times. Contador's palmares and abilities crush Lance's one-trick pony, huge drug assisted achievements.

    That's rich. Lance still has not had a positive test. ...We're discussing Contador's positive test right now.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:
    You kidding. I cannot be bothered to get into the long debate of greatness. I've said it before numerous times. Contador's palmares and abilities crush Lance's one-trick pony, huge drug assisted achievements.

    I'm not kidding. Take the things they have in common out of the equation (dopers), Armstrongs palmares are more impressive.

    If Contador hadn't been excluded from the Tour in 08, do you think he'd have a Giro or Vuelta victory?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    frenchfighter wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Has a thread on Lancey boy ever run this long. Obviously Contador is the best cyclist in the World for the past decade hence why so many people care to contribute.

    Past decade? You mean 2000 - 2009, where Armstrong won the Tour 6 times?

    You kidding. I cannot be bothered to get into the long debate of greatness. I've said it before numerous times. Contador's palmares and abilities crush Lance's one-trick pony, huge drug assisted achievements.

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    You should pick one of these up.

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    I always wonder about forum posters putting these big smily pictures or of ostriches with heads in sand or black kettles...maybe the ability to express ones opinion logically and well using the English laguage escapes them.

    At the bare bones, Contador would have killed Lance in all the Tours he rode. And for me cycling includes much more than the Tour, something not understood by summer cyclist fans.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    frenchfighter wrote:
    You should pick one of these up.

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    I always wonder about forum posters putting these big smily pictures or of ostriches with heads in sand or black kettles...maybe the ability to express ones opinion logically and well using the English laguage escapes them.

    Oh, the irony of you trying to put down other posters for their use of photos and images in their posts..... by using a photo.
  • dulldave
    dulldave Posts: 949
    frenchfighter wrote:
    You should pick one of these up.

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    I always wonder about forum posters putting these big smily pictures or of ostriches with heads in sand or black kettles...maybe the ability to express ones opinion logically and well using the English laguage escapes them.

    At the bare bones, Contador would have killed Lance in all the Tours he rode. And for me cycling includes much more than the Tour, something not understood by summer cyclist fans.

    You just did it. You could have typed "Would you like some crayons" but you didn't. Perhaps you don't have the laguage skills for it. :D
    Scottish and British...and a bit French
  • dulldave
    dulldave Posts: 949
    I reckon Basso will win this year too by the way.

    If they use the plasticizer test to prove Contador was blood doping I think they should do the test on all of the samples they have for those who would take the title from him.

    I wouldn't even want to guess who'd win it then. I hope it would be Schleck but I wouldn't be very confident of it.
    Scottish and British...and a bit French
  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    frenchfighter wrote:
    You should pick one of these up.

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    Ooh my favorite.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    PF and DD, I am sorry your intelligence cannot tell the difference between photos relevant to the sport and the other things I was referring to.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    frenchfighter wrote:
    PF and DD, I am sorry your intelligence cannot tell the difference between photos relevant to the sport and the other things I was referring to.

    But you posted a picture of some crayons :D

    Frenchie you're really cracking me up this morning! I'm sure all the ribbing is good natured though......

    FWIW your photo threads and photos on spoiler threads are one of my favourite parts of the Pro Race forum :)
  • keef_zip
    keef_zip Posts: 295
    Will this post take it to 100 pages?
  • keef_zip
    keef_zip Posts: 295
    keef_zip wrote:
    Will this post take it to 100 pages?

    What about this one?

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