Alberto Contador disputes drugs test

The Tour de France winner Alberto Contador test for the clenbuterol comes out to be positive but this positive result is being disputed as Spaniard blames contaminated meat for this positive result. David Miller, the anti-doping campaigner has said that Spaniard should be considered innocent until proven otherwise. Greg LeMond, another anti-doping campaigner has said that I was shocked at the positive result of the Clenbuterol test and emphasis that the test is not transparent. 

International Cycling Union (UCI) and Spanish Cycling Federation will decide whether the amount of tiny substance found in the Urine of Contador’s is enough to prove the crime. Contador’s has given an argument that the substance found might have come from a contaminated meat which one of his friends delivered him during the tour. The UCI should also consider the Contador’s argument in order to get black and white picture. However, the things do not look good as the Chinese racer Li Fuyu case in ongoing and British hurdler Callum Priestley was banned recently for using clenbuterol.

Unfortunately, two other Spaniards Ezequiel Mosquera and David Garcia Dapena had tested positive on the same day for hydroxyl starch, which expands blood volume in order to evade blood tests which reveals red-cells manipulation. Previously in 2009 Vuelta winner, Alejandro Valverde is banned for involvement in Operación Puerto blood-doping ring. Roberto Heras, the winner in 2005 was also banned for using erythropoietin (EPO). 

This is a bitter truth that only Carlos Sastre, victor in 2008 of the last 15 Tours de France, has avoided suspicion over drugs. The manager of the French team Bbox, Jean René Bernaudeau has expressed his grief and despair over the continuous ongoing drug scandals’ of his cyclists.

By Muhammad Irfan Zafar

Content Writer