Irony. In literally the same week, some eons into separate investigations and unending legal proceedings, THE TRUTH has finally been handed down. The Supreme Court of the World, in case you hadn’t heard, found Alberto Contador drop-dead guilty of the unconscionable crime against humanity called putting All Spice on a slab of Prime Spanish Rib Eye. That travesty finally seems, once and … [Read more...]
Spain Protests French TV’s Ridicule On Sports Drugs
February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
MADRID, Feb 9, 2012 (AFP) - Spain launched a diplomatic protest Thursday over a satirical puppet show on French TV that implied cyclist Alberto Contador and tennis great Rafael Nadal are drugs cheats. "I spoke last night and this morning with our ambassador in Paris," Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo told a news conference in a growing crisis over the puppet show, which … [Read more...]
Guardiola Urges Contador To Fight Doping Ban
February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
MADRID, Feb 8, 2012 (AFP) - Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, who successfully fought a doping case while a player in Italy, has urged Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador to fight his two-year doping ban "until the end of the world". "In these situations, and I speak a bit from personal experience, there is only one person who knows what happened, that is him," Guardiola said in comments … [Read more...]
Spain’s Press Pissed Over Contador Sanction
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
MADRID, Feb 7, 2012 (AFP) - Spain's press Tuesday slammed a two-year doping ban on Spanish cycling hero Alberto Contador as a legal muddle that left Spain looking as if it favored drug cheats. "Scandalous outrage," blared the front page of the biggest sports daily Marca in the strongest reaction against the penalty, which strips Contador of his 2010 Tour de France title. "The … [Read more...]
Alberto Contador Braces For Career Decision
February 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Written by: Justin Davis PARIS, Feb 7, 2012 (AFP) - Disgraced former 2010 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was on Tuesday braced to piece together his future as a professional cyclist a day after being handed a two-year doping ban. Considered the most gifted racer of his generation, Contador was handed a two-year ban Monday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) … [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...]
Spain Cycling Chief Says Contador Sanction Bad For Sport
February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
MADRID, Feb 6, 2012 (AFP) - Spain's cycling federation chief said Monday's decision to slap a two-year doping ban on Alberto Contador is bad news for cycling and for Spanish sport in general. "We should respect this decision but we do not share it obviously," Spanish Cycling Federation president Juan Carlos Castano said of the sanction, which also stripped the Spaniard of his 2010 Tour … [Read more...]
Contador Is Banned, Stripped of Tour de France Title
February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
LAUSANNE, Feb 6, 2012 (AFP) - Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador on Monday received a two-year ban for doping during the 2010 Tour de France and was stripped of his victory in the race. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said Contador's suspension runs through to August 6, 2012, which means that the Spaniard loses his 2010 Tour victory and will be unable to take part in this year's … [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...]