Do you honestly think that he’s (if guilty) the only doped rider? That the Schlecks are whiter than white? It’s a case of the top tour rider having doubt cast over his “cleanness” and then absolute condemnation from all sides. Yes probably contaminated blood doping but honestly, read “Bad Blood” then tell me about the cleanness of the sport. They probably don’t use on the actual tour, anymore, but in order to be able to operate at that level needs something.
Anti-doping doctor Don Catlin considered this explanation plausible.[89] Contador stated that he is the victim,[90][91] and he can “hold his head high” and that he thinks he should not be punished.[92] Several people related to the sport said that there is little benefit from using the drug, especially in the amounts that were discovered.[93][94][95]
The UCI issued a statement reporting that the concentration was 50 picograms per millilitre, and that this was 400 times below the minimum standards of detection capability required by WADA, and that further scientific investigation would be required. Contador was provisionally suspended from competition, although this had no short-term effect as he had already finished his racing programme for the 2010 season.[96][97][98] Contador had been informed of the results over a month earlier, on August 24.[99] Later the amount discovered was clarified as 40 times below the minimum standards, rather than the 400 times originally reported by the UCI. Contador’s scientific adviser claimed that he would have needed 180 times the amount detected to gain any benefit in his performance.[100]
