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Section: Sport Comments: 1 Print article Email article Alberto Contador I no longer believe in the anti-doping system in Spain Tour de France champion Alberto Contador plans to appeal against the provisional one-year ban handed down to him by the Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) for failing a doping test. Spanish cycling star Alberto Contador expressed disappointment Friday over plans to ban him for one year for doping, and said he will appeal the ban as 'a question of honour.' 'Today is a really sad day for me. I am hugely disappointed, I feel very let down. This is shameful,' he told a press conference in Majorca, where he had been training. 'Now I no longer believe in the anti-doping system.' Contador, 28, tested positive for a small quantity of clenbuterol on the second rest day of the last Tour de France, which he went on to win. He denied doping and has argued that the substance entered his body through contaminated food. The Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) informed Contador Wednesday of the proposed ban. The decision is regarded as provisional pending any appeal within 10 days from the Spanish cyclist, federation officials have said. 'Over the coming 10 days I'm going to work with my lawyers so that justice be done. In case it is not, I will appeal as far as necessary to defend my innocence to the end,' Contador warned. 'All scientists know that I'm innocent, that I've done nothing wrong,' he stressed. 'The only mistake I've made it to eat meat without previously testing it. What can I do? Should I test the meat for clenbuterol every time I go to a restaurant?' The cyclist's defence says they provided as many as 13 expert reports to support their thesis on contaminated meat, although both the International Cycling Union (UCI) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) are sceptical. If the one-year ban is confirmed, Contador's 2010 Tour win would be invalidated, and he would not be able to take part in this year's edition of the prestigious race either. Contador also won the Tour in 2007 and 2009. The proposed ban amounts to half the two years usually imposed on doping offenders, but Contador thinks he is the 'victim of an obsolete rule.' He recalled that he underwent more than 500 doping tests during his career, many of them by surprise, at home, during birthday parties or in the middle of a film he was watching in the cinema. 'I regard myself as a model for clean sport,' he stresse For The Latest About Spain News Let The Barcelona Reporter Know What You Think Post your comment Below News Source © 2011 DPA Text within the news headline and/or news body may be subject to copyright Barcelona Reporter does not claim copyright to any such text.unless it is written by one of our reporters : Please refer to the URL-referenced web page (the ‘Article Source’) for further information and details of the original source from the Barcelona Reporter.com web site. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder
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Alberto Contador nesvjesno uzimao doping? Španjolski mediji tvrde da je Contador bio pozitivan na testiranju za doping, ali da je nedopuštena sredstva uzimao nesvjesno Najbolji biciklist svijeta i trostruki pobjednik Tour de Francea Španjolac Alberto Contador uzimao je nedopuštena sredstva na ovogodišnjem Touru, ali nesvjesno, putem hrane. Vijest su preko noći objavili španjolski mediji, koji tvrde da je Contador bio pozitivan na doping-nalaz izveden 21. srpnja, te da je pobjednik Toura imao u urinu nedopuštenu supstancu klenbuterol, koji je beta-stimulator. U priopćenju javnosti Contador je kazao kako je klenbuterol u njegovo tijelo ušao putem hrane, a svoju nedužnost obrazlaže činjenicom da je tijekom utrke bio testiran barem osam puta, a samo je jedan nalaz pozitivan. Contador (27) dosad nije bio povezivan s dopingom, iako je prije četiri godine nakratko bio jedan od osumnjičenika u aferi oko španjolskog liječnika Eufemiana Fuentesa. Do razrješenja slučaja Contador je privremeno suspendiran od strane Međunarodnog biciklističkog saveza (UCI), iako se navodi da je razina klenbuterola u Contadorovu urinu bila 400 puta manja od one koju laboratoriji akreditirani od strane Međunarodne anti-dopinške agencije (WADA) moraju uočiti u nalazima. Zbog tako male količine potrebna je dodatno znanstveno istraživanje prije negoli se izvedu bilo kakvi zaključci, navodi u priopćenju UCI.(hina/metro-portal)