Tour de France - CAS delays Contador decision

Been a while since I wanted to post here (too busy­ riding), but two points; 1. This is being dragged out­ due to sheer incompetence OR they want it to go away.­ 2. This is about AC not LA; shut the f up, he retired,­ his balls grew back, had more kids, old­ news.......

This needs resolution for the sake of­ cycling and any future of the uci.

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Anyway, U can watch AC on 23rd january

Which was more than T-mobiles contract with the­ University of Freiburg? (Believe that is the one­ mentioned in all the reports from a few years ago).

@Maxx92 Doping culture made a level playing field??­ Armstrong had an exclusive contract with Michele­ Ferrari don't forget!!

this has Dragged on for so long now i am getting to the­ point when i don't care anymore. this has been a­ sad episode for a sport determind to wipe out drug use.­ i hope the book now get thrown at Conador!

PATHETIC - This is only dragging out so long because of­ who is involved, Had this been a domestic from Cofidis­ this would have been knocked out in 2 months.

POWERS­ THAT BE IN CYCLING & CAS ARE AN SBSOLUTE DISGRACE

This whole case has been an absolute joke!!! so many­ delays.

That just about uses up my quote for January. Maybe­ part of Feb too. Seeya.....

BTW, Anyone who thinks Lance's TdF's would be­ in any way tainted because he may have doped is a fool­ who doesn't understand the reality of what has been­ paraded in front of us for the past 10 years. A doping­ culture existed. As the cases of Kelme and T-mobile­ have shown, they involved teams' managements.­ Statistics have proven that recent races are less­ influenced (not saying clean) by doping. UCI should be­ applauded for that effort. But the results of Museuw,­ Zabel, Riis, .... Armstrong were fairly achieved­ against level playing fields. In my mind, LA is a 7­ time winner, because of training innovations,­ meticulous preparation, talent, and incredible drive.­ Or do you think Rumsas should have been given the TdF­ where he finished 3rd behind Lance?

Can't believe I gave Lua a thumbs up! But he's­ right. A unique test that could have been applied to­ the top 20 riders in the race (ex-dopers and suspected­ dopers in the lot of them) only applied to one rider?­ Why? Had 19 riders tested clean and one tested­ positive, it would have been a huge boost to the case.­ But this was a targeted test and the UCI did not want­ to catch riders doping, they wanted to catch Contador.­ I am NOT saying Contador is innocent. I AM saying that­ this test was aimed at finding him guilty. When a­ doping test is not objective, it is not valid. The­ possibility that the results were fixed in a test that­ WANTS to conclude the rider is guilty are far too­ great. That's why the lab is not supposed to know­ who is getting tested in the first place. The UCI has­ damaged this sport by seeking to scapegoat one rider­ when they could have validated the entire top 20 of the­ Tour de France.

Leopard Trek's owner claimed bias, because one of­ the Judges is israeli and the team had their training­ camp in Israel. You can't make this stuff up.­ It's classic. I honestly don't care if­ he's guilty any more. I just want the story to go­ away and stop driving sponsors away from the sport.­ Look at the teams that have disappeared and look at the­ teams that have merged. A solid half dozen teams have­ disappeared from the sport and I believe it is due to­ the pointless Contador and Armstrong investigations. We­ know Armstrong doped. SO DID EVERYONE ELSE HE RODE­ AGAINST. And the Contador test- had it been done­ properly- wouldhn't have taken this long to prove.­ So the UCI's vendetta clouded what COULD HAVE BEEN­ a solid doping case. Right now it is just negative­ press in a sport that uses positive press to keep teams­ funded. It has to stop.

The words " Contadope" & "LANCE WAS­ ALWAYS CLEAN ! "
At least there's no ambiguity­ on your allegiances on the issue ........

16th century witch hunts were based on more firm­ evidence than this sham. Call it a day for gods sake.

Unfortunately the relevant sports bodies in this case­ have shown to the world in general just how inept they­ are. It now confirms the whole structure of sports anti­ doping control, and subsequent arbitration etc needs­ radical reform to prevent any future, similar­ occurence. This particular "sham" continues­ to damage the image of our sport at a time when there­ is a concerted effort to clean it all up. Such radical­ reform, in my view, should start at the UCI.

I hope that Flavio Becca is sued for malicious ,I was­ taught that if you can't prove something, keep your­ mouth shut.
This case has gone on for too long and for­ me has certainly ruined cycling for the year 2011. The­ rules for the future will have to be changed.

Hi Mike!..after 31st he is clean.. : ) aaa..or maybe in­ 2013? of course everybody want to see him in this year­ tour..

Yeah, because winning the Giro was clearly an­ indication of a dip in form. Wow. The haters are­ absolutely shocking.

The sample said positive, he is arguing a­ technicallity,, funny but he has not done so well­ since! read the autobiography of Marco Pantani, it­ explains a lot that the public dont see or hear.

Very bad for cycling !! -- these decisions need to be­ made in a very TIMELY MANNER period - no matter who it­ is !!! - Perhaps 90 day's MAX.!!