Alberto Contador

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Contador said he cannot understand the reason for a two-year doping ban but vowed to carry on his career

Contador outlines his future plans later Tuesday

"The simple fact is that anyone who has a prohibited substance in their system is a cheat"

A two-year ban that ends just six months after it’s handed down?

CAS’s ruling could end up costing Contador more than 5 million euros

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The timeline of events that led to Contador's ban

Outraged Spaniards rallied behind three-times Tour de France champion Alberto Contador on Monday

Scores of results sheets will be adjusted following the CAS ruling

Schleck says he takes no satisfaction out of Monday’s ruling by the CAS to award him the 2010 Tour de France

As a result his 2010 Tour and 2011-12 results have been stripped

Contador races, shuns reporters and heads home

Contador will race tomorrow on the eve of the CAS decision in his ongoing clenbuterol case

Anthony Tan's views on "Postalgate" and "caso Condator"

Confirmed to race Sunday in Mallorca

A decision in the long-running doping case of Alberto Contador has been delayed yet again

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) won his second stage at the Tour de San Luis in Argentina, but it wasn’t enough to knock Levi Leipheimer out of the leader’s jersey

Three days after his debut, Contador is in the leader's jersey

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Confirms lawsuit against Rabobank

Francesco Chicchi drew first blood in a wet and wild first stage at the Tour de San Luís in Argentina.

Rasmussen, Contador in same field for first time since 2007 Tour

Garzelli could be a second option for Riis if Contador loses his long-running clenbuterol case

The latest delay could torpedo a slim chance Contador had to race in the 2012 Tour de France

A verdict was finally expected this week, but has been delayed

A lot more than a two-year ban for Contador

When CAS judges refused to hear key testimony, WADA lawyers threatened to walk out

Contador planning season as if he won't be banned

Saxo Bank held a camp in Israel and a judge presiding over the CAS panel is Israeli

Schleck reacts to Riis comments; Contador case

The Court of Arbitration for Sport's general secretary, Matthieu Reeb, says the CAS decision in Alberto Contador's clenbuterol case should be forthcoming in mid-January.

The final summit finish of this year’s Tour, at L’Alpe d’Huez, delivered what the Tourmalet summit finish failed to deliver in 2010 — drama and suspense.

Just days after hearings in his long-running doping case wrapped up, Alberto Contador returned to the spotlight Tuesday in Copenhagen with the official presentation of Saxo Bank for the 2012 season.

The waiting game begins as a Court of Arbitration panel weighs the mountains of evidence in the Alberto Contador case. A decision is not expected until early 2012.

Lawyers from both sides of "caso Contador" presented their closing arguments Thursday

Alberto Contador's four-day hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will end as scheduled Thursday, and the three-time Tour de France champ was to address the panel on Wednesday.

WADA and UCI lawyers are also arguing that "strict liability" — that a rider is responsible for what enters his system — should be applied in the case against Alberto Contador.

Among the first wave of witnesses set to appear in the case against Alberto Contador is the Spanish butcher who allegedly sold the infamous steaks that the three-time Tour de France champ blames for his clenbuterol positive.

Alberto Contador on Monday will fight a bid by cycling's world governing body to impose a doping ban that could strip him of his 2010 Tour de France victory.

The long-running Alberto Contador clenbuterol case likely won't see final resolution until early 2012.

Alberto Contador is on a honeymoon in Rome and the Caribbean after getting married on Saturday, but he's already got his eyes on a big 2012 season.

Alberto Contador says he's "optimistic" he will be cleared later this month when his long-running clenbuterol case finally hits the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

News earlier this month that scores of soccer players at the Under-17 World Cup in Mexico tested positive for traces of clenbuterol — and the decision by WADA and FIFA to not pursue any of the cases — reveals just how inconsistent sports justice has been in applying rules in clenbuterol cases.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has set specific dates for hearing the UCI and WADA's appeal of Alberto Contador's doping case. The hearing is set for November 21-24, CAS announced Wednesday.

Alberto Contador would love to see another major climber to help him tackle the coming season, but SaxoBank-Sungard boss Bjarne Riis admits he doesn't have the budget to make a blockbuster addition to his squad.

PARIS (VN) — Alberto Contador was doubly optimistic Tuesday after getting a glimpse of what's waiting for the peloton in next year's Tour de France.

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The 2012 Giro d'Italia course "is good for me and if it was just what my heart said, I'd be there," Alberto Contador said Sunday. "Next year I am going to think about different objectives, above all the Tour de France. Although you can never say never, next year I will not be back."

The World Anti-Doping Agency has dropped another clenbuterol case just weeks ahead of Alberto Contador's hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Mexican beef can be a legitimate excuse for clenbuterol in an athlete's blood sample, the World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday. Whether a similar excuse will stand up for the Spanish beef that Alberto Contador claims caused his positive test for the banned substance remains to be seen.

TIBURON, Calif. (VN) — Embattled three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador met fans and the media Tuesday in Sausalito and Tiburon and called for more involvement in anti-doping regulation for riders. Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard) said he was confident that the Court of Arbitration for Sport would rule in his favor over a 2010 clenbuterol charge next month and that the World Anti-Doping Agency would soon implement new standards for the drug in its code.

Alberto Contador says the Tour de France will be his top goal for next season, but that's based on the assumption that he will be cleared on clenbuterol charges next month by the international Court of Arbitration for Sport.

HARO, Spain (VN) — Bjarne Riis says he's not worried about the fusion of RadioShack and Leopard-Trek for one simple reason: Alberto Contador.

Rumors are flying that Leopard-Trek and RadioShack are poised to fuse their two teams for 2012 under the guidance of Belgian sport director Johan Bruyneel.

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Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard) will ride a criterium in the hometown of Bjarne Riis on August 12, but whether he'll race again this season remains up in the air.

A scheduled August hearing on doping charges against Alberto Contador before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport has been delayed until November.

PARIS (VN) ― Alberto Contador's rough and tumble Tour de France nearly ended early.

The Contador case will be heard in November 2011

Alberto Contador says he's through with the Giro d'Italia, but not with the Tour de France.

L'ALPE d'HUEZ, France (VN) —Alberto Contador was too proud to finish a frustrating and injury-plagued Tour de France lying down.

OL DU GALIBIER, France (VN) ─ Moments after crossing the finish line demoralized and exhausted, Alberto Contador admitted the obvious and said his hopes of winning the 2011 Tour de France are over.

PINEROLO, Italy (VN) — Alberto Contador reached across to Samuel Sánchez to shake his hand as the pair crossed the line Thursday after another daring raid that fell short.

PINEROLO, Italy (VN) - Two-time defending champion Alberto Contador has lit a fire at the front of the Tour de France in the final week ahead of the three biggest days in this year’s race. Contador’s Saxo Bank-Sungard manager Bjarne Riis said the Spaniard is recovered from the knee injury that hampered him in the Pyrénées and that he must attack every rider in the race on the road to the Col du Galibier Thursday.

GAP, France (VN) — Alberto Contador (SaxoBank-Sungard) said he wasn't going to ride all the way to Paris without a fight.

Andrew Hood weighs in with another in his series of Tour de France notebooks.

Alberto Contador warned yellow jersey rivals Andy and Fränk Schleck that his campaign is alive and kicking after surviving the tough 14th stage of the Tour de France Saturday.

LUZ-ARDIDEN, France (VN) — It's not the 13 seconds that Alberto Contador lost in Thursday's summit finish at Luz-Ardiden to Andy Schleck that everyone was talking about. It was how he looked.

CARMAUX, France (VN) — Though he's battered and bruised, three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador strongly denied reports that he will leave the race early.

AURILLAC, France (AFP) — Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has met, and forgiven, the young fan who caused a crash in the first stage of the race and left the Spaniard with a significant deficit.

LE LIORAN, France (AFP) - Reigning champion Alberto Contador is putting a brave face on a disappointing Tour de France campaign which has left him in a race against time to get fit for key stages in the Pyrenees.

Alberto Contador wound up on the deck in stage 9 after getting tangled up with Vladimir Karpets.

MUR-DE-BRETAGNE, France (VN) — Alberto Contador isn't one to take setbacks sitting down.