Contador of Spain tested positive for a prohibited substance throughout the 2010 Tour de France, which he won. He vehemently rejected the charges in an emotional appearance at a press event Thurs. Contador guarded himself from the possible loss of his title and a two-year suspension with the justification that ingesting bad animal meat was the reason for the test results.
The animal meat is the problem, claims Contador
Alberto Contador, considered the world’s greatest cyclist racing today, tested positive on July 21, a day before the toughest mountain stage of the Tour de France. Wednesday, the International cycling Union released a statement about what was in his two urine samples, reports the NY Times. A weight-loss and muscle building substance called clenbuterol was what was found in his system. Contador made a statement on Thursday about every little thing. He said that the only reason his urine samples had that was because at the hotel, somebody had impure the animal meat he ate. He also claimed he couldn't have done better with the substance anyway. He said the amounts found in his samples were too small to matter.
Contador connected with doping in the past
The next thing on Contador's list is to clear his name of charges. The International Cycling Union suspended him, reports Cable News Network, from racing for a while. In 2006, the Spanish blood-doping ring has Contador linked right now it, what with the sport having drugging being something most do. In 2007 he won the Tour de France for the first time. Astana was a team that was banned from racing because of doping, however he joined them in 2008 anyway. In 2009, his second Tour title was won. Lance Armstrong came third in this race. He has won seven titles previously though. There is only one person ever to have lost their title due to testing positive in the Tour de France. This was Floyd Landis who was an American.
Contador is convincing several
Specialists seem to have a few sympathy for Contador assuming he really did examination positive because of tainted animal meat. Chicken, cows and pigs are given clenbuterol sometimes to speed up the growth process, reports Universal Sports. It accumulates in the liver and muscle tissue. Also many bodybuilders use clenbuterol. They’ll use it to try and burn off fat faster while building up their muscles. It is easier to exercise aerobically with the drug too. It gets more oxygen to muscles making it hurt less. Its short term effects are similar to amphetamines. But Dr. Andrew Franklyn-Miller, a sports medicine expert, told Universal that it would have been impossible for Contador to get a boost from eating clenbuterol-spiked meat.
Details from
New York Times
nytimes.com/2010/10/01/sports/cycling/01cycling.html?ref=sports
CNN
cnn.com/2010/SPORT/09/30/cycling.alberto.contador.banned/index.html?npt=NP1
Universal Sports
universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=494315.html
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