Contador suspended 2 years

Oops. Seems he’s been found guilty, 2 years no racing and stripped of his title.

So he has.

Story for those interested.

Still, looking on the positive side, he can eat as much steak and chips as he wants for 2 years 🙂

Took long enough.

Seems a fair punishment, although I’d have been happier if they had found him innocent: the Tour is better with him than without.

is anyone else getting an advert for steak in the top bar of the linked page? sorry that’s cracked me up.
Is it actually possible to get that much into your system by eating tainted meat?!

Barne Riis certainly knows how to pick them

the Tour is better with him than without

erm, care to explain?

He’ll probably appeal though won’t he? According to road.cc the CAS has admitted there’s no actual proof of doping?

the Tour is better with him than without

No. Cycling is better off without him if he is a cheat.

Seems a fair punishment, although I’d have been happier if they had found him innocent: the Tour is better with him than without.

Agreed, I’ll miss the battles between him and the other climbers, it’s a real shame.

So, the 2 year ban ends on August 5th this year 🙄 OK, so all results since July 2010 are forfeited.

The way I read it, it’s “back dated”, so he’s not banned 2 years from now, but rather loses all the titles he’s won in the last 2 years. Or am I reading it wrong?

Back dated. He can ride this year’s Vuelta.

Where is Don Simon 🙂

I am glad the cheat got his just desserts – stripped of all wins since as well. Should be a longer ban IMO as he continued to race while under investigation and cheated others of places especially the giro win.

Its a good day for cycling that this cheat has been punished

He can only appeal on procedural matters not on findings.

Andy Schleck is now a T’dF winner. A sad way to win the yellow jersey.

So his ban means that he loses his placing in races since the positive but ends on 5th August this year. Leaving him free to race the Vuelta.

He’ll claim innocence and unfairness on the part of WADA, CAS, UCI. Play the scapegoat and come back more popular than ever (at least in Spain) after a full 5 month layoff.

The one thing that has become clear during this case is that the system is in desperate need of an overhaul.

A 2 year ban, backdated, er, 2 years. He can ride the Vuelta this year but not the Giro or the TdF.
Andy Schleck is now the winner of the 2010 TdF.

No. Cycling is better off without him if he is a cheat.

Disagree – professional cycling is part of the entertainment business, and I want entertaining…

UCI have left the length of the ban blank on their official press release 🙂

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He’ll probably appeal though won’t he? According to road.cc the CAS has admitted there’s no actual proof of doping?

doesn’t matter

He can only appeal on procedural issues not finding

It upholds strict liability – fail a test get a ban.

Disagree – professional cycling is part of the entertainment business, and I want entertaining…

So do I, but not by cheats.

According to road.cc the CAS has admitted there’s no actual proof of doping?

Do they actually need “proof”? I’m assuming by that they’re referring to smoking syringes and the like, right? Surely the trace of the drug found in his blood is enough?

Worst part of the whole thing is Schleck getting the title 🙁

I totally agree he should be banned, but it’s a sad day when he gets banned and Armstrong walks away a free man. Money talks.

he should have lost all the titles and be banned from his last competitive ride for 2 years – at the moment he is effectively still advertising himself to sponsors, etc.

Apart from the fact we now know he is a drug addled cheat – as if we didn’t before, will this really affect him ?

I totally agree he should be banned, but it’s a sad day when he gets banned and Armstrong walks away a free man. Money talks.

Apart from the fact he failed a drug test and Armstrong didn’t ? ( I agree that LA was prob just as bad though

That’s a lot of editing of wikipedia to do- all those race results, all those time differences to be recalculated. 🙂

road cycling is as farcical (sp?) as football IMO…..

shlecks now won the TDF 2010, does this mean he will get the prize money for winning too? also havent the schlecks also been done for cheating before?!?! its not really a great outcome either way…

i cant imagine how/why one man decides to cheat and the rest of the TDF line up dont, surely most of the riders are doing it to some extent, riding there luck and trying to get away with it?

What happens to bets paid out on Contador winning, and those who bet on Shrek to win? I’m guessing nowt?

What kind of 2 year ban is it when he’ll be back in August this year.

Worst part of the whole thing is Schleck getting the title

^^This^^

After their awful whining about having to go down a hill last year, I really didn’t want to see either of them win anything.

shlecks now won the TDF 2010, does this mean he will get the prize money for winning too? also havent the schlecks also been done for cheating before?!?! i

I’d imagine that Andy will get the money yes. Frank had paid Fuentes and admitted as much but was cleared of doping by the Luxembourg federation. Read into that what you want but no ban and it’s not “The Schlecks” it’s Frank.

I don’t think anyone has said Andy is doping. Whether people like him or not, the implication is he’s clean.

What happens to bets paid out on Contador winning, and those who bet on Shrek to win? I’m guessing nowt?

Not entirely sure but I would suspect first past the post on sports betting
Gets too complicated otherwise

Paddy Power may take some free advertising and pay out again though

I do find the Schleck hating a bit bizarre. In the 2010 tour Andy rode as well as anyone could have done, and for someone still young enough to wear the white jersey to be in contention like he was is a feat. Whether you like his personality, you can’t say he’s not deserving of the yellow.

Where is Don Simon

I’m here, what’s your point TJ? I’ve always claimed that he had to be treated as innocent until proven guilty, he’s now been proven guilty and will hopefully take the ban on the chin. I have no issue with this.

Google is doing wonders for my knowledge of foreign languages 🙂
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Frank paid Fuentes 10 grand for ‘training advice’ didn’t he 🙂

Cadel Evans may be the only rider to win the Tour clean in its history, and even that’s wishful thinking.

Of course you did Don 🙄

Wonder how Wiggins will get on in this years tour now. Hmmmm. Worth a punt?

what a well researched, clever and witty response hora.

Edit: I forgot you were a Lance fan. I now understand the monosyllabic response.