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It has just been announced that Contador has been banned from Cycling for 1 year! There remains many questions, one of which is: why only 1 year and not the usual 2 years?
Does this mean 2011 is Andy Schleck's year? Who knows? Looks like Spyns Tour de France clients will not see the Schleck/Contador rivallry in 2011 as they did in the 2010 Tour de France.
The Spanish cycling federation has decided to suspend Tour de France champion Alberto Contador for one year over his failed doping test in the 2010 race, according to respected Spanish paper El Pais.
The preliminary decision by the competition committee was communicated to Contador at midday local time and the Spaniard has 10 days to appeal before a final decision is made, said the newspaper without identifying the source of its information.
The committee also decided to strip Contador of the 2010 Tour title, added El Pais.
Contador's spokesman and the RFEC could not immediately be reached for comment.
A spokesman for cycling's world governing body was unable to confirm the RFEC decision and said his organisation would be in touch with the Spanish federation on Thursday.
Contador, who has been provisionally suspended since August, won the Tour last year for a third time but it later emerged he had tested positive for the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol during the race.
He has denied deliberate wrongdoing, saying the failed test was due to contaminated meat.
Contador may also be able to take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Spyns Tours and TDF Tours specialize in Tour de France packages for both riders, non-riders, and mixed tours. Spyns is an active travel company based in Whister, BC (Canada) and Beaujolais France. Spyns offers active holidays to Europe including trips to the 2011 Tour de France. For more information about Spyns 2011 Tour de France tours, please visit http://www.tdf-tours.com/ http://www.spyns.com/ or call 1.888.825.4720.
Does this mean 2011 is Andy Schleck's year? Who knows? Looks like Spyns Tour de France clients will not see the Schleck/Contador rivallry in 2011 as they did in the 2010 Tour de France.
The Spanish cycling federation has decided to suspend Tour de France champion Alberto Contador for one year over his failed doping test in the 2010 race, according to respected Spanish paper El Pais.
The preliminary decision by the competition committee was communicated to Contador at midday local time and the Spaniard has 10 days to appeal before a final decision is made, said the newspaper without identifying the source of its information.
The committee also decided to strip Contador of the 2010 Tour title, added El Pais.
Contador's spokesman and the RFEC could not immediately be reached for comment.
A spokesman for cycling's world governing body was unable to confirm the RFEC decision and said his organisation would be in touch with the Spanish federation on Thursday.
Contador, who has been provisionally suspended since August, won the Tour last year for a third time but it later emerged he had tested positive for the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol during the race.
He has denied deliberate wrongdoing, saying the failed test was due to contaminated meat.
Contador may also be able to take his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Spyns Tours and TDF Tours specialize in Tour de France packages for both riders, non-riders, and mixed tours. Spyns is an active travel company based in Whister, BC (Canada) and Beaujolais France. Spyns offers active holidays to Europe including trips to the 2011 Tour de France. For more information about Spyns 2011 Tour de France tours, please visit http://www.tdf-tours.com/ http://www.spyns.com/ or call 1.888.825.4720.
