I read Tom Zirbel's reaction, he basically is serving a two year ban for a similar reason (claims he did not intentionally ingest DHEA). He pretty much said Contador got cleared because he has the money to get the experts (lawyers, etc) to get this over turned. Contador never could prove he ate contaminated meat, which Zirbel couldn't prove either. There is currently a rider serving a ban because he couldn't get let of on the contaminated meat defense.
My opinion is he is Spain's Golden Boy right now and as many rumored and proven dopers that they have they had to find a way to clear him. Still many will always see him as a doper. It isn't the first time he has been implicated, he was supposedly blood doping with Operation Puerto but they could never get a solid case against him. Total BS to let him off when people are serving suspensions for doing exactly the same thing. If he did intentionally used a ban substance I hope he is stupid enough to get caught again.
Amanda
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