HigherGround

So, if the CAS ever reaches a verdict on the 2010 Tour de France debacle, what do you think it will be?

achoo

Dunno how they can avoid taking his TdF win away - he had a zero-tolerance substance in him. If they let him get off, they set a precedent that anyone else can use to avoid the consequences of doping. Just claim it was tainted food, no proof needed.

Cat4Lifer

I'm thinking it will be a "not guilty" verdict.
Sucks for Fuyu Li, who was banned two years in 2010, for basically the same amount of clen.

ColinL

this is what I thought when it first happened. then I read about the amount of clenbuterol he tested positive for, and I read several reports showing many, many countries that have problems with farmers using clenbuterol on their livestock.

it's a real problem.

but even if it were a tainted steak, I have no clue how the man can be given a free pass when others have been nailed to the wall. nearly 2 years after the incident, though, I just can't see him serving a suspension now. my guess- fine and no ban. mockery of the system.

Kind of Blued

Hopefully not guilty for my own selfish reasons. I love watching the guy ride and don't want to miss him in his prime.

I don't know what the standard of evidence is with the CAS, but his argument seems reasonable to me as a non-scientist, so if the burden of proof is on the CAS in scientifically squashing the tainted meat argument, I think he could get off.

Dubbayoo

He will be found on a Tour de <whateverhewants> podium, because CAS doesn't have the balls to make a decision.

canam73

By the rules it is a zero tolerance substance. It was up to him to avoid it. As mentioned above Fuyu Li was suspended for a very low level of clenbuterol even though meat contaminations are fairly common in China.

But I also think he will get off. For the selfish reason that he generates money for too many people.

Kind of Blued

Yeah, I guess I did know how it works. I still think zero tolerance anything is usually a good indicator of a rule being stupid, very much so in this case.

peazweag

I think CAS needs to act faster.......drawn out way tooooooooooooooo longgggggggggggggg

grkeller

CAS might be slow, but if anyone dragged it out it is the Spanish federation, Contador's lawyers, and the UCI.

Pistard

Zero tolerance.... what a crock! like in the NFL.....

Pistard

Guilty, gone, stripped of the 2010 title.... backdated ban, till August 6 2012, after the TDF.