Alberto Contador DOPING CASE MAKING FINAL DEFENSE

Saxo Bank, SunGard filed his final plea to overturn the ban on appearing one year to Alberto Contador, clenbuterol doping-related cases that experienced when competing in the event TDF 2010 when still defend Astana.

Results showed a positive doping test clenbuterol on the part of Contador, but the Spanish rider is doing a defense that that has occurred because of contaminated meat., "No fault or negligence" on his side.

Contador could miss the third title of the Tour de France and he really missed the race this year if a one-year suspension upheld then Contador still threatened not to appear. Standard doping penalty is a two-year ban, but the Spanish cycling federation chose to give one-year sentence.
"With a final defense document, we expect a change in the decision," said Contador Spain Spanish national radio on Monday night. "The rule that says athletes must demonstrate responsibility and negligence, and sanctions will be applied."
Clenbuterol was found in samples taken on July 21, 2010.

Traces of drugs were found in tests performed during the next three days, but the disciplinary committee dismissed the notion that Spain and they besikukuh these substances will be lost more than 3 days.

Contador defense document section, one of which is to take the case of French tennis player Richard Gasquet, who can avoid sanctions ban after proving he inadvertently swallowed the cocaine after kissing a woman at a nightclub.

All depends on the final decision is expected this weekend, but the final decision can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport by Contador, of the UCI or WADA.
"An athlete tested positive for clenbuterol in Mexico, where the clenbuterol used in cattle, but the meat contained in the European Union through a more complex control and illegal substances used to fatten livestock. Substance is not at all I have ever used and we can expect that there is due to contaminated meat, "said Contador.

Clenbuterol has been banned since 1996 and appears only once in 83 203 samples of animals tested by the European Union countries in 2008 and 2009, with zero positive cases in Spain of 19 431 samples analyzed.

Contador and SaxoBank-SunGard also asked the Spanish Cycling disciplinary committee to consider "the principle of equality" when taking samples of athletes.
Contador said he received messages of support from Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, who also struggled ever experienced a similar doping case in Italy.

"At first it was a nightmare, but now I can only feel disappointed," said Contador. "But I still have hope."