Tour De France 2010

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SPR™ Feb 2011 10:34am, 16 Feb 2011 13,406 posts	0 SPR™ I see the sports scientist article talks about the clause. The thing is we have no clue what Contador's evidence was. I have heard rumours that the UCI presented four different method of ingesting clen, and that Contador's scientists (recommended by the UCI) disproved the other three to leave contamination as the only possible explanation. That is a rumour though, and i've heard nothing concrete.
Chrisull Feb 2011 10:36am, 16 Feb 2011 3,156 posts	0 Chrisull According to the article Paul posted it sounds like he's escaped via a legal loophole - that he wasn't mailed of his failure at the same time as the Spanish federation which violated the Federation's laws. The follow up comments, from one of the more informed posters, seems certain that UCI or WADA will take the case to CAS and that will mean Contador won't be starting the TDF 2011.
Grid Feb 2011 12:14pm, 16 Feb 2011 1,569 posts	0 Grid No Lance, then. news.bbc.co.uk
baz p Feb 2011 12:34pm, 16 Feb 2011 471 posts	0 baz p that seemed to be his plan all along, with the tour down under being his last tour ever. pity. although pleased to here that Contador has been cleared of any doping! the sport needs clean guys, but will interesting how the Schleks will deal with him being in the same team as him. will they be top 3 in the tour, and in which order?!?
hammerite Feb 2011 3:08pm, 16 Feb 2011 13,113 posts	0 hammerite Schleck's have set up their own team baz, Team Layopard Trek or something....
stumain Feb 2011 3:56pm, 16 Feb 2011 115 posts	0 stumain Leopard-Trek.
baz p Feb 2011 4:40pm, 16 Feb 2011 472 posts	0 baz p i thought contador ahd moved to their team?
baz p Feb 2011 4:41pm, 16 Feb 2011 473 posts	0 baz p ah he has moved to SaxoBank. cool.
Liliaicha Feb 2011 4:41pm, 16 Feb 2011 3,082 posts	0 Liliaicha He has, but the Schlecks have left Saxo Bank to form their own new team.
Chrisull Feb 2011 4:42pm, 16 Feb 2011 3,163 posts	0 Chrisull Contador was at Astana and moved to Saxobank. The Schlecks were at Saxobank and decided to go it alone.