Written by: Daniel Silva Pinto, Spain, Feb 7, 2012 - An indignant two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador said on Tuesday he "totally disagreed" with his two-year doping ban and vowed to pursue his career at the highest level. "I am going to continue cycling. I am going to continue practicing it cleanly, the way I have my entire life," he told a news conference at a … [Read more...]
Contador Faces Uncertain Future As Ban Hits Home
February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, Feb 6, 2012 (AFP) - After threatening to retire from cycling if he was to ever be handed a drugs ban, the future now looks uncertain for former Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. Contador, a three-time winner of the world's toughest bike race, was on Monday handed a two-year ban from the sport in relation to a positive test for the … [Read more...]
Spaniards Fuming Over Contador Doping Sanction
February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Christophe Lehousse PINTO, Spain, Feb 6, 2012 (AFP) - Outraged Spaniards rallied behind three-times Tour de France champion Alberto Contador on Monday, decrying his two-year doping suspension as disgraceful and unfair. From his hometown of Pinto south of Madrid to the micro-blogging site of Twitter, indignant fans insisted there was no proof against the rider and … [Read more...]
CAS To Announce Alberto Contador Decision On Monday
February 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Feb 5, 2012 (AFP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) are due to announce on Monday a verdict on three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador's doping case, bringing to an end a succession of delays. A verdict was initially set for mid-January, but the Lausanne-based CAS opted to delay the ruling, blaming the delay on media allegations of bias against the three-man … [Read more...]
CAS Will Delay The Contador Never Ending Doping Verdict
January 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, 16 Jan 2012 - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) expects to announce their verdict on three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador's doping case "during the week of January 31," the organization said Monday. A verdict was initially set for mid-January, but CAS opted to delay the ruling, blaming the delay because of media allegations of bias against the three-man … [Read more...]
Alberto Contador Doping Decision Due Mid January By CAS
December 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Dec 21, 2011 - Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will find out "between January 15 and 20" whether he is to be handed a doping ban from cycling, a top official was reported as saying Wednesday. Contador, the standout stage racer of his generation, was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) earlier this year despite testing positive for … [Read more...]
Contador at CAS To Battle 2010 Doping Charges
November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Nov 21, 2011 (AFP) - Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador arrived Monday to fight a bid by cycling's governing body to impose a doping ban which could strip him of his 2010 Tour de France win. The three-time Tour de France champion is to plead his case at the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sports, which has been charged with examining if minute traces of … [Read more...]
Contador CAS Hearing Dates Fixed For November
August 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
PARIS, Aug 27, 2011 (AFP) - The twice-postponed doping hearing concerning Spanish three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will take place from November 21-24, world sport's top court The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on Saturday. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and world cycling's governing body UCI are appealing against the Spanish cycling federation's (RFEC) … [Read more...]
US Cyclist David Clinger Gets A Deserved Lifetime Doping Ban
August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Aug 12, 2011 (AFP) - US cyclist David Clinger was issued a lifetime doping ban by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Friday after testing positive during a random test while serving a prior doping ban. Clinger, 34, tested positive for clenbuterol, an anabolic agent, during a sample collected last June 29 in an out-of-competition test. The Utah-based road … [Read more...]
CAS Postpones Contador Hearing For Second Time
July 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
GENEVA, July 27, 2011 (AFP) - World sport's top court said on Tuesday it has agreed to postpone a doping hearing concerning Spanish three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, with the new dates likely to be in November. "As a consequence of the parties' request, the hearing which was scheduled for 1, 2 and 3 August, 2011 is cancelled and will be rescheduled for new dates, probably … [Read more...]