Cycling: Contador ruling due before Tour
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Your support makes all the difference.The future of Alberto Contador should be clear before the start of the Tour de France, according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The World Anti-Doping Agency followed the International Cycling Union in appealing to CAS over a decision by the Spanish Cycling Federation to acquit Contador following a failed drugs test last year.
The three-time Tour de France champion insists his inadvertent ingestion of contaminated meat caused his positive test for clenbuterol. Contador could face a two-year ban and the loss of last year's title.
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