Contador tests positive for banned substance

**ny biker** · 09-29-2010, 06:09 PM

Claims he accidentally ingested it...

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/...buterol_143791

**Aggie_Ama** · 09-29-2010, 06:15 PM

Wow, that is almost as odd as Tyler Hamilton saying he didn't blood dope but was actually a chimera. I have always thought it could be possible for food or water to be contaminated but at the same time am very skeptical. A lot of people didn't like Contador's way of taking yellow but enough to make sure he would fail a doping control? Still don't know that I believe his explanation, we'll see how this plays out I guess.

**denda** · 09-29-2010, 07:21 PM

Very interesting!

**loopybunny** · 09-29-2010, 08:08 PM

Giving him the benefit of the doubt in the same way I have with Tom Zirbel (and still am).

Of course, I did that with Floyd too and we all know the truth with that now.

**Zen** · 09-29-2010, 08:38 PM

why why why!?

**BikeDutchess** · 09-29-2010, 09:28 PM

Perhaps Floyd can give him some tips on how to raise money for his defense.... (but I'm not bitter....)

**Crankin** · 09-30-2010, 03:48 AM

I just don't like him. Doesn't surprise me.

**zoom-zoom** · 09-30-2010, 04:10 AM

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...

**NoNo** · 09-30-2010, 04:34 AM

I'm glad I'm not the only one that smiled when I read that. Karma's a nasty thing.

**OakLeaf** · 09-30-2010, 05:01 AM

Considering the number of products in the USA that have been recalled because they contained undisclosed pharmaceuticals, I've become a whole lot less skeptical about a lot of these people's claims.

The recalls are just the ones that have gotten caught. The FDA tests products a whoooooooooole lot less than the UCI tests competitors.

I do hear y'all on karma, though.

**pll** · 09-30-2010, 05:46 AM

Wow. I won't say disappointing, because that would imply I had expectations to the contrary. Doping or not, the discussion of the use of clenbuterol by meat producers is perturbing.

**pll** · 09-30-2010, 06:31 AM

I just read an interview in El Pais of the secretary general of the Spanish Federation of Sports Medicine. The guy stated that food contamination is possible but very unlikely (since, if clenbuterol is fed to the cows, it would be digested and traces would be in the kidneys and liver, not the muscles). What plays in Contador's favor, he said, was that that substance is very easy to detect and to be effective for doping, it requires continued use in large doses.

VeloNews also reports that Mosquera, the Vuelta runner up, tested positive for HES: "The substance is used to increase the volume of blood plasma and make evidence of EPO use harder to detect." Bad day for Spanish cycling.

**tangentgirl** · 09-30-2010, 07:44 AM

So, if you're one of the top contenders in the tdf, why don't you have your own chef and food supply?

**OakLeaf** · 09-30-2010, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by tangentgirl

So, if you're one of the top contenders in the tdf, why don't you have your own chef and food supply?

I don't think even Michael Schumacher (in his day) or Valentino Rossi gets all their food from their own FARM....

Okay, now it's in my head and I can't get it out. "Ain't gonna work on Fahey's farm no more...."

**ny biker** · 09-30-2010, 08:44 AM

According to this, the WADA standard is 40 times greater than the level found in Contador's test. So it sounds it should be a non-issue.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/...ld-high_143893

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