Contador tests positive for Clenbuterol
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He's been cleared on technicalities under Spanish law then. How convenient.
What a farce.0 -
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I'm serious when I ask this: is ther ANY Spanish rider that Spain has actually banned within the last 5 years? Whether from Puerto or anything else?0
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What does this mean for the tour de France 2010 result?0
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TheBigBean wrote:What does this mean for the tour de France 2010 result?
Nothing. Stays as is.Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.0 -
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At present it means that it was officially won by someone who failed a dope test.TheBigBean wrote:What does this mean for the tour de France 2010 result?0 -
As the Twitter feed says, it's only the begining of the next WADA step which would likely result in a 2 year ban.Blazing Saddles wrote:Twitterfied:
http://twitter.com/inrng
Cyclingnews, playing catch up again:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/confirm ... ol-charges0 -
Hope he gets a ride in the Tour so we can see Andy have another go.
I'm done caring about the doping scandals. The Spanish situation in particular is too far past hopeless to get irate about.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:iainf72 wrote:Rocksteadyeddie wrote:Makes you despair for the sport.
Makes me despair about Spains attitude more than anything.
Disolving credibility is the price of a national sporting golden age.
I've said that here somewhere before.
still sounds good though
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Nickwill wrote:
At present it means that it was officially won by someone who failed a dope test.TheBigBean wrote:What does this mean for the tour de France 2010 result?
'88 anyone?
Massive joke.
Spanish authorites have just taken a massive greasy, unwipeable sh!t on our collective cycling-fan-selves.0 -
Is he free to ride this year now? This should make things interesting.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:Nickwill wrote:
At present it means that it was officially won by someone who failed a dope test.TheBigBean wrote:What does this mean for the tour de France 2010 result?
'88 anyone?
Massive joke.
Spanish authorites have just taken a massive greasy, unwhipable sh!t on our collective cycling-fan-selves.
lets make them pay! we'll invade spain and go on winter training camps to show them our displeasure0 -
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C'mon. It's not a fair playing field. You know it isn't.BarryBonds wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Nickwill wrote:
At present it means that it was officially won by someone who failed a dope test.TheBigBean wrote:What does this mean for the tour de France 2010 result?
'88 anyone?
Massive joke.
Spanish authorites have just taken a massive greasy, unwhipable sh!t on our collective cycling-fan-selves.
lets make them pay! we'll invade spain and go on winter training camps to show them our displeasure0 -
Valverde Part 20
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This thread is certain to go past 200 pages now 0
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According to a number of Spanish newspapers, the competitions committee decided to rethink its verdict on Friday last week based on article 296 of the UCI’s regulations, which says that an athlete can be exonerated if they prove that they had inadvertently ingested a banned product through no fault or negligence on their part.
So run that by me again. How exactly did he prove anything?0 -
Nickwill wrote:
At present it means that it was officially won by someone who failed a dope test.TheBigBean wrote:What does this mean for the tour de France 2010 result?
Nothing unique in that."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:Nickwill wrote:
At present it means that it was officially won by someone who failed a dope test.TheBigBean wrote:What does this mean for the tour de France 2010 result?
Nothing unique in that.
It's pretty unusual when the failed dope test occured during said race.0 -
Has ANY Spanish rider actually been banned by Spain within the last 5 years? Whether from Puerto or anything else?0
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donrhummy wrote:Has ANY Spanish rider actually been banned by Spain within the last 5 years? Whether from Puerto or anything else?
Mikel Astarloza0 -
Blazing Saddles wrote:Nickwill wrote:
At present it means that it was officially won by someone who failed a dope test.TheBigBean wrote:What does this mean for the tour de France 2010 result?
Nothing unique in that.
It means we will find out who won in about 5 months time0 -
Can anyone ban this drugs cheat for a while ?0
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iainf72 wrote:Rocksteadyeddie wrote:Makes you despair for the sport.
Makes me despair about Spains attitude more than anything.
It is too simplistic to see this as just Spain fudging the issue / turning a blind eye / selling any semblance of credibility on doping they may have left down the river (although that clearly is what has happened). Principally this is a cycling centric issue. It is the sport which will take the majority of the backlash. It is the sport which is seen to have bent the rules (again). It is the sport which will have to carry the burden of clean riders looking at yet another top name seemingly getting off scot-free.
One can but hope that the UCI and WADA will do the necessary and appeal to the CAS. Much as I admire the swashbuckling spirit of Contador, and the guile and cunning of his legal team, I hope that such an appeal is successful and that the ban is upheld. Goodness knows where we are left in the event that an appeal is unsuccessful, but I can't help but feel that this another sad day for the sport I love.0 -
Thick Tester wrote:donrhummy wrote:Has ANY Spanish rider actually been banned by Spain within the last 5 years? Whether from Puerto or anything else?
Mikel Astarloza
Wasn't he Basque?..Different kettle of fish that.0 -
The sample was taken during the TdF tho' so nothing to do with the Spanish fools as such ... surely the rules of the TdF have provision for such instances and the ability to strip him of the title ... and then just let Contandor waste all his own cash contetsing it with WADA/CAS (a case that he won't win ...)
My only worry is that ASO own half of the Vuelta, and therefore will bottle it and let him ride as they won't be brave enough to not invite him to both their GT's ... esp. the Spanish one .... money talks in the end ...0
