Contador stripped of 2010 Tour title (Reuters) Alberto Contador has been
stripped of the 2010 Tour de France title, the Court of
Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Monday after banning the
Spanish cyclist for two years for failing a dope test.
Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sport's highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping. The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the three-time Tour champion after rejecting his claim that his positive test for clenbuterol was caused by eating contaminated meat on a 2010 Tour rest day.
Contador doping verdict another blow for cycling (AP) The decision to strip Alberto Contador of his Tour de France title and ban him for two years for doping is another blow to the sport, cycling great Eddy Merckx said Monday. Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour title Monday when the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected his claim that his positive doping test was caused by eating contaminated meat.
Schleck unhappy with 2010 Tour title (AP) Andy Schleck of Luxembourg says he would not take any joy from being given the 2010 Tour de France title as it would only come as a result of Alberto Contador's doping ban. Schleck said Monday's decision to ban the Spaniard over a positive doping test saddened him because he "always believed in his innocence." Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title, which is...
