Contador is going to have a hard time...

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http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cycling/wada-rejects-contador-s-defence-1.832301

[Richard]

http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cycling/wada-rejects-contador-s-defence-1.832301

 

Well if a farm supplies contaminated stock of cattle to a butcher, then a reasonable person ought to expect that few if not many of cows would test positive for the illegal drug ingested by one Senyor Contador..right? ( assuming that the right farm was inspected, containing a population of cattle from which a sampple stock was supplied to the said butcher, who then supplied Senyor Contador's chief chef with meat )

 

Apparently the bulls and cows in question are innocent of illegal drug taking, which makes Senyor Contador...(well not so innocent in the eyes of an impartial hubber like me)

 

The mystery continues.....

[AndreZA]

Maybe he ate contaminated Springbok.

[Sammajoor]

Maybe he ate a contaminated Springbok boerewors.

 

There I fixed it

[Grebel]

If it shows up on the test you are guilty regardless of where it came from. As a professional sports man you need to be sure of what you eat/drink etc. If it was there, he must have benefitted from it unfairly. That is why it is illegal...(IMHO)

[Trackie]

If it shows up on the test you are guilty regardless of where it came from. As a professional sports man you need to be sure of what you eat/drink etc. If it was there, he must have benefitted from it unfairly. That is why it is illegal...(IMHO)

 

 

100% - Cycling is his profession, it is his responsibility to know the limits of what can and can't be used - and to be more careful about shopping at the Dr Ferrari butchery.

[Andyr249]

As far as I know the UCI rules distinguish between intentional and negligent taking. If his claims were true then it would most likely fall under negligent taking. Seems like he is just trying to go for the negligent angle as it mitigates the situation and he could get a lesser sentence. So he is guilty but using his beef story to get as light a sentence as possible.

[Andyr249]

If it shows up on the test you are guilty regardless of where it came from. As a professional sports man you need to be sure of what you eat/drink etc. If it was there, he must have benefitted from it unfairly. That is why it is illegal...(IMHO)

 

 

100% - Cycling is his profession, it is his responsibility to know the limits of what can and can't be used - and to be more careful about shopping at the Dr Ferrari butchery.

 

He has to take reasonable steps to ensure he doesn't negligently eat or drink any contaminated food or drink. But it would possibly be unreasonable to expect it totally. You can't expect him to go so far as to grow his own food etc. But yes, he must be more careful than say, you and I.

[TriGuru76]

I'm just curious.... Would this make a cow fly?

Maybe Conti should have a race against a cow up them Hills....??

 

I think Conti will be a converted vegetarian from 2011.....

[Shebeen]

some good excuses in times gone by:

note the one from petr korda (in bold)

"Here's a random rundown of some classic tales:

-- This isn't exactly an excuse, but it's a dandy cover-up attempt. British shot putter Paul Edwards tested positive for steroids in '94, and officials claim he tried to mask the drugs by swallowing shampoo. Edwards still got bounced, but at least his teeth were shiny and his tongue was tangle- free.

-- A world-class Dutch cyclist, Adri van der Poel, chalked up his positive test for strychnine to his father-in-law, a pigeon racer who allegedly juiced his flock. Van der Poel got hungry, baked himself a pigeon pie and absorbed the 'roids second-hand. No stool pigeon was involved in this bust, but maybe some pigeon stool.

-- Daniel Plaza, Spanish 20-kilometer walker, was stripped of his gold medal from the Atlanta Olympics after a positive test. Plaza blamed his extremely high testosterone level on lovemaking with his pregnant wife.

-- Ben Johnson swore someone slipped him a spiked water bottle.

-- C.J. Hunter, U.S. shot putter, blamed a contaminated iron supplement for his 'roid woes.

-- Cuban high jumper Javier Sotomayor blamed multiple cocaine positives on a setup by the Cuban mafia.

-- When Austria's Nordic skiers checked out of their digs after the Salt Lake City Olympics, housecleaners found complete blood-doping kits -- needles, transfusion bags, tubes. The Austrian coach explained that the lads were merely trying to avoid colds by zapping small amounts of their blood with ultraviolet light and a magnetic field, then quickly re-injecting it.

 

Hey, we all tried that in college, didn't we?

These skiers are not only cheaters, they're slobs.

-- Hurdler Ludmila Engquist said she divorced her husband, so he spiked her vitamins with 'roids. Had Ludmila looked closely, she might have noticed that Wilma Flintstone had a beard.

-- Linford Christie, where'd you get that high level of pseudoephedrine? Pigging out on oriental Lapsang Souchong and ginseng tea? OK.

-- Tennis player Pedr Korda said he ate too much veal from calves fattened with nandrolone. ITF scientists said Petr would have had to eat 40 calves a day for 20 years to achieve his tested level of nandro. Said Korda: Baa!

--Dieter Baumann (gold-medal-winning German runner) blamed his positive test on steroid-spiked toothpaste. Lenny Paul (British bobsledder) blamed tainted spaghetti bolognese. Cricket star Shane Warne blamed it on a pill he got from his mom to reduce the puffiness in his face.

 

--Chinese track coach Ma Junren blamed it on dried caterpillars and turtle soup.

Why do these people keep producing these outrageous excuses? For the same reason dogs eat homework: Because they can.

--Also, quite often, the excuses work. Dennis Mitchell? Cleared, with no explanation from the hearing board. Lenny Paul, of the spiked spaghetti? Cleared. Many others have talked their way out of suspensions.

--Dieter Baumann offered a reward or $52,000 for tips leading to the person who spiked his toothpaste. Then Dieter went golfing with O.J. Simpson. No, he didn't. But Baumann did escape punishment after police chemists detected nandrolone in his toothpaste. If he didn't spit, you must acquit. "

[chris_w_65]

http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cycling/wada-rejects-contador-s-defence-1.832301

 

This is stupid, it says the butcher and the slaughterhouse didn't test positive but then it goes on to say

 

The report also cited a European Union study from 2008 in which experts tested 300,000 meat samples but found evidence of the possible use of clenbutorol in only one of those.

 

It only takes one

[Spark]

I am an ostrich farmer. Meat gets exported to EU. The rules and regulations to comply with EU standard are VERY strict. No antibiotics, growth hormones and similar stuff are tolerated. Every batch of meat exported are tested. Only a fool would risk losing your export status, Same goes for livestock farmers in Europe. Contador is guilty. ( I am a Contador fan)

If you look for contaminated beef , buy SA Grainfed beef. Every animal coming in to the feedlot get a growth hormone implant on arrival. Please don't stop eating meat.

[pastapouch]

some good excuses in times gone by:

note the one from petr korda (in bold)

-- When Austria's Nordic skiers checked out of their digs after the Salt Lake City Olympics, housecleaners found complete blood-doping kits -- needles, transfusion bags, tubes. The Austrian coach explained that the lads were merely trying to avoid colds by zapping small amounts of their blood with ultraviolet light and a magnetic field, then quickly re-injecting it.

 

Hey, we all tried that in college, didn't we?

These skiers are not only cheaters, they're slobs.

This is classic...

[Delgado]

I heard Radioshack might be the new sponsor of the Springboks?!