Contador Banned and Stripped of 2010 TDF

Wallace1492

But for somethings there is no defence. You have it in your body - your guilty, no matter the source. No mitigation.

EKE_38BPM

[devil's advocate]Suppose a spiked water bottle was innocently drank during an event. The athlete's coach's girlfriend's sister thought they were doing the athlete a favour and didn't tell anybody. The drug used had a short period of effect and no residual benefit. The athlete was tested after winning the event with a pb and tested +ve.
The athlete uses the "I thought that tasted funny" defence immediately, the water bottle was tested and the athlete's coach's girlfriend's sister fesses up. The athlete is gutted and gives back any medals/trophy and money.

Should they still be banned?[/Devil's advocate]

UndercoverElephant

EKE_38BPM wrote:

[devil's advocate]Suppose a spiked water bottle was innocently drank during an event. The athlete's coach's girlfriend's sister thought they were doing the athlete a favour and didn't tell anybody. The drug used had a short period of effect and no residual benefit. The athlete was tested after winning the event with a pb and tested +ve.
The athlete uses the "I thought that tasted funny" defence immediately, the water bottle was tested and the athlete's coach's girlfriend's sister fesses up. The athlete is gutted and gives back any medals/trophy and money.

Should they still be banned?[/Devil's advocate]

Yup, ban 'em! Actually, how cute is the Coach's girlfriend's sister?

EKE_38BPM

UndercoverElephant wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

[devil's advocate]Suppose a spiked water bottle was innocently drank during an event. The athlete's coach's girlfriend's sister thought they were doing the athlete a favour and didn't tell anybody. The drug used had a short period of effect and no residual benefit. The athlete was tested after winning the event with a pb and tested +ve.
The athlete uses the "I thought that tasted funny" defence immediately, the water bottle was tested and the athlete's coach's girlfriend's sister fesses up. The athlete is gutted and gives back any medals/trophy and money.

Should they still be banned?[/Devil's advocate]

Yup, ban 'em! Actually, how cute is the Coach's girlfriend's sister?

She's quite cute, but she's a bit dim and only has eyes for the athlete. On the plus side for the athlete, she was VERY apologetic afterwards.

suzyb

Wallace1492 wrote:

I believe also that traces of plastination were also found in his blood, of a level consistent with a transfusion. While this is in itself not an infringement, it points to him having had a blood transfusion, and may well have been some residue clenbutorel in this. The meat is probably a red herring.

I thought it was beef.

Rick Chasey wrote:

They said food (not meat) was the most likely explanation.

So it could've been herring.

First.Aspect

I just read through part of the informed and interesting debate on the "pro Race" forum.

It turns out, after much deliberation, that your bike is a girl's bike. All of you.

jzed

Contador released by Saxo bank

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/c ... sion-33133