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Tour de France champion Contador tested positive for steroids
Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador tested positive for a banned steroid during this years race and has been suspended by cyclings governing body. A lab in Germany found clenbuterol in Contadors urine sample on July 21 at the Tour de France, according to a statement from the UCI. But the amount was "400 time(s) less than what the antidoping laboratories accredited by WADA must be able to detect," the cycling organization said.
Both Contadors A and B samples tested positive and the cyclist has been "formally and provisionally suspended," the UCI said. Jacinto Vidarte, Contadors publicist, released a statement Wednesday saying the cyclist insists food contamination is the only possible explanation. "The experts consulted so far have agreed also that this is a food contamination case, especially considering the number of tests passed by Alberto Contador during the Tour de France," Vidarte said in the release, "making it possible to define precisely both the time the emergence of the substance as the tiny amount detected, ruling out any other source or intentionality." Contador will hold a news conference on Thursday in Pinto, Spain. Contador was first made aware of the positive test on Aug. 24, according to Vidartes statement.
Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador tested positive for a banned steroid during this years race and has been suspended by cyclings governing body. A lab in Germany found clenbuterol in Contadors urine sample on July 21 at the Tour de France, according to a statement from the UCI. But the amount was "400 time(s) less than what the antidoping laboratories accredited by WADA must be able to detect," the cycling organization said.
Both Contadors A and B samples tested positive and the cyclist has been "formally and provisionally suspended," the UCI said. Jacinto Vidarte, Contadors publicist, released a statement Wednesday saying the cyclist insists food contamination is the only possible explanation. "The experts consulted so far have agreed also that this is a food contamination case, especially considering the number of tests passed by Alberto Contador during the Tour de France," Vidarte said in the release, "making it possible to define precisely both the time the emergence of the substance as the tiny amount detected, ruling out any other source or intentionality." Contador will hold a news conference on Thursday in Pinto, Spain. Contador was first made aware of the positive test on Aug. 24, according to Vidartes statement.