Alberto Contador of Spain tested positive for a prohibited substance during the 2010 Tour de France, which he won. In a news conference Thursday, he strenuously denied that he cheated for his 3rd win within the event. Facing a two-year ban from cycling and being stripped of his Tour title, Contador blamed eating tainted meat.
The animal meat could be the problem, claims Contador
Alberto Contador, considered the world’s greatest cyclist racing today, tested positive on July 21, a day before the toughest mountain stage of the Tour de France. Wednesday, the International cycling Union released a statement about what was in his 2 urine samples, reports the NY Times. A weight-loss and muscle building drug called clenbuterol was what was found in his system. Contador made a statement on Thursday about anything. He said that the only reason his urine samples had that was because at the hotel, somebody had impure the animal meat he ate. He also claimed he couldn't have done better with the drug anyway. He said the amounts found in his samples were too small to matter.
Past Contador did substances
Contador’s next challenge will be to clear his name. He was suspended from racing states CNN. This came from the International Cycling Union. Most people in his sport are known for drugging. In fact, Contador was linked to the 2006 Spanish blood-doping ring. He won the Tour de France in 2007. This was the first time he was able to do so. In 2008 he joined Astana, a team that was banned from the race for doping violations. In 2009, his second Tour title was won. Lance Armstrong has won seven times however got 3rd this particular time. So far, the only winner of the Tour de France stripped of his title after testing positive was American Floyd Landis.
Contador effortlessly persuades many individuals
Some experts believe Contador’s claim that tainted meat caused his positive doping test. Universal Sports reports that clenbuterol is often given to chicken, cows and pigs to speed up growth. It accumulates in the liver and muscle tissue. Also many bodybuilders use clenbuterol. They’ll use it to try and burn off fat faster while building up their muscles. It is easier to exercise aerobically with the drug too. It gets more oxygen to muscles making it hurt less. It aeffects the body similarly to amphetamines. This is only short term though. Contador couldn't at all have gotten a boost from easting clenbuterol-spiked meat, Dr. Andrew Franklyn Miller told Universal as a sports medicine expert.
Information from
New York Times
nytimes.com/2010/10/01/sports/cycling/01cycling.html?ref=sports
CNN
cnn.com/2010/SPORT/09/30/cycling.alberto.contador.banned/index.html?npt=NP1
Universal Sports
universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=494315.html
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