Contador - CAS ruling. (All things Contador/doping - merged)

[Wyatt Earp]

According to a Spanish newspaper, a former masseur of the Liberty Seguros team has stated under oath that he personally saw Alberto Contador being injected with insulin, a forbidden substance, during the 2005 Tour de France. The source, who has remained anonymous, made the allegations on May 11, 2011, in front of representatives of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which was looking into the Spanish Tour de France winner's Clenbuterol positive from the Tour 2010 and preparing to take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Contador's lawyers, according to Interviu, managed to avoid having the witness testify in front of CAS as the Contador case unfolded.

"They administered insulin injections to Contador at the Tour de France 2005," the former soigneur is reported to have said. "Eufemiano Fuentes was the doctor of this team as a matter of fact, and insulin was part of the treatment for all of the riders."

 

Witness told WADA under oath that he saw the Spaniard use insulin

 

Not surprising at all, and worse part of all this little runt will be seen racing and even have fans saying how awesome he is and how happy they are for him to be back.

[Eugene Oppelt]

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2011/07/ANDY-1-614x421.jpg

 

Upcoming ceremony for Andy on 29 May in his hometown, just before the Tour Of Luxembourg.

Official Winner 2010 TdF.

[TNT1]

@albertocontador

Confirmed,I return to competition with @teamsaxobank for the next 3 years.I am sure that is the best choice.

[Eugene Oppelt]

@albertocontador

Confirmed,I return to competition with @teamsaxobank for the next 3 years.I am sure that is the best choice.

 

Yeah, they've stood by him through steak and chips...

[kosmonooit]

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2011/11/bertie_bjarne-e1339158881960-652x421.jpg

 

Happy chaps!

 

From Velonews

 

COPENHAGEN (AFP) — Alberto Contador will rejoin Saxo Bank on August 5 when his doping suspension ends for a contract term that runs through 2015, the Danish team announced today.

 

Contador, 29, and Saxo Bank “have agreed on a contract between them for the rest of the 2012 season and three seasons next,” said a statement from team owner Bjarne Riis.

 

Contador, then leader of Saxo Bank, was suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February for a controlled positive for clenbuterol, an anabolic stimulant, during the 2010 Tour de France.

 

Contador blamed his positive test on a contaminated steak that he ate during that year’s Tour, one of three editions of the race that he won. He was stripped of the 2010 Tour victory and the ban means he will not be able to compete at this year’s Olympic Games.

 

“The decision to return to Team Saxo Bank has actually been pretty easy, and my first priority was always to rejoin the team and to continue working with (team manager) Bjarne Riis, and the rest of the team,” Contador said in the statement.

 

“The support I have experienced from them in a very difficult situation is extraordinary.

 

“I’m really looking forward to getting back on the bike, and my aim is to repay that support, hopefully with some great results.”

 

On April 17, Contador announced that he would return to competition at the Tour of Benelux, which starts on August 6, the date of the end of his sanction, before lining up at the Vuelta a España on August 18.

[Cav']

AC's going to take the Vuelta this year

[Cav']

http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2011/07/ANDY-1-614x421.jpg

 

Upcoming ceremony for Andy on 29 May in his hometown, just before the Tour Of Luxembourg.

Official Winner 2010 TdF.

I wish i was there to throw him with a pie

[TNT1]

I wish i was there to throw him with a pie

 

waste of a steak pie if you ask me.

[Cav']

waste of a steak pie if you ask me.

True, one of these would work

[Eugene Oppelt]

AC's going to take the Vuelta this year

 

Oh yeah, he will be determined to get his name back on a trophy or few.

[Bianchisti]

So Berto makes his return to racing tomorrow. Can't wait for that!

 

So I guess it's steak on the menu tonight!

 

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/contador-return-doping-ban-eneco-tour

Edited August 5, 2012 by Bianchisti

[Cav']

So Berto makes his return to racing tomorrow. Can't wait for that!

 

http://bigstory.ap.o...-ban-eneco-tour

Going to be better than the tour. Go berto

[Bianchisti]

British press couldn't wait to call him a "drug cheat" I guess.

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2184363/Alberto-Contador-returns-cycling-doping-ban.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[TNT1]

CAS officially closes arbitration

Alberto Contador's doping-related case before the Court of Arbitraiton for Sport has now been closed. The Court said that Contador and the UCI had reached a private settlement on the proposed fine and has therefore “officially terminated the arbitraiton.”

Contador was given a two-year back-dated suspension for his positive doping control for Clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France. He returned to racing in August of this year and subsequently won the Vuelta a Espana.

When it issued its decision in February finding Contador guilty of a doping violation, the CAS said that it would rule later on the UCI's request to impose a fine, said to be 2.4 million Euros, on the rider.

In a statement issued today, the court said that “However, the CAS has been informed of an amicable settlement between the UCI and A.Contador regarding this issue and has officially terminated the arbitration.”

[Cav']

Good news, now for him to win the tdf a few more times.