I wrote in this blog on the 25th July 2010 of my admiration of the riders of the Tour de France. Now nearly 3 months later my admiration and love for he Tour is waning fast.
In this year's Tour, in which the Spanish rider Contador finished just 39 seconds ahead of Andy Schleck, the Spaniard broke a sacred tradition in professional cycling when he took advantage of the Luxembourger's chain derailment to attack him on a crucial climb. Contador eventually apologized, but the nasty tactic deepened suspicions that the Spaniard would stoop to nothing to wear the yellow jersey.
Now we find that he has failed a drug test taken during the Tour. The test proved positive for the banned drug Clenbuterol. Clenbuterol acts like an amphetamine - raising heart rate, temperature and blood pressure. Bodybuilders use clenbuterol to burn fat.
Contador is maintaining that his food was spiked, that he ingested the drug accidentally on July 21, 2010, the second rest day of the 2010 Tour.
I rest my case.
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