Alberto Contador suspended until August 2012 (loses all results July 2010 - Jan 2012)

[Thomsena]

Contador quitting?

 

[Fidolix]

He is lucky to get two years. He deserves a lifetime ban after Operation Puerto and now this.

And you have already once proven you are not to clever, you really shouldn´t embarrass your self any further!

 

[luckyboy]

And loses Giro title.

This is inherently ridiculous

 

[LaFlorecita]

All the hard work... For nothing.

 

[Richeypen]

He is a great rider but seems he is also a cheat.

This


.

 

[Old&slow]

The 2012 Tour looks so much more fun to watch now that it contains one less cheater.

 

[LaFlorecita]

2 million euro fine...

 

[hrotha]

And loses Giro title.

I would wait for a bit on that one. It's an interpretation based on a single date (August 2012) that could be wrong, since no media outlet is talking about his being stripped of his 2011 results yet.

 

[goggalor]

Was unsure how I would feel if he got banned. Now I know: Sad. ;_;

 

[ParfaitAmour]

Had a tiny bit of sick coming out of my mouth there.

Eww me too

Yes to cleaning up the sport
But Bertie is tough cookie & most of us love watching him out there.
The season will be duller without him...

 

[LaFlorecita]

The 2012 Tour looks so much more fun to watch now that it contains one less cheater.

Just... go away.

 

[Thomsena]

The 2012 Tour looks so much more fun to watch now that it contains one less cheater.

No. No. The route is boring enough and now the only one to make it just a tiny bit exiting is out. It's pathetic really.

 

[auscyclefan94]

meh, it ain't that bad for AC. He misses the tour and other than that he can just change his focus to la vuelta for this year. no big deal imo.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Justice done for mine.

Sorry Contador fans. I agree that the races won't be as interesting without him. He is a great rider but seems he is also a cheat.

YEs, the other riders are clean esp. cadel evans.

 

[TeoSheva]

Now it's official

 

[sniper]

Sad news. have to congratulate one poster who knew this all along. sniper. From the beginning he understood what the case was about and never let conspiracy theories heterosget in the way.

Hitch, go do some moderating over in the LA thread, lots of conspiracy theories over there right now.

and yes, you can congratulate me, it's the outcome i hoped for, though certainly not the one i expected.

care to tell me what your beef with me is?

 

[Fidolix]

So why would they allow other convicted dopers to ride?

Sorry to say this, but the guy is ***!

 

[thirteen]

This is inherently ridiculous

completely and utterly

 

[McLovin]

Don't want to upset any of you, but ANOTHER SPANISH ATHLETE PUNISHED BY A FOREIGN INSTITUTION. Spanish sport is not on the right way, that's for sure.

 

[airstream]

Be fearless, LaFlorecita. Life is so beautiful and much wider than cycling. Ah..

 

[LaFlorecita]

meh, it ain't that bad for AC. He misses the tour and other than that he can just change his focus to la vuelta for this year. no big deal imo.

So? He loses two GT's . TWO.

 

[meat puppet]

Actually this is strictly by the books and IMO there really should be no complains about that. Alberto transgressed the rules and thus is justly punished. Even if the persons and institutions enforcing the rules be bogus, that's what they play by.

It's the benefactors and implications - ie lance clan reigns supreme - that annoy me. Double whammy.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I love michele but him winning ii giro last year .. lol

 

[luckyboy]

The 2012 Tour looks so much more fun to watch now that it contains one less cheater.

Yeah should be fun watching all the other cheaters competing for the win

 

[LaFlorecita]

Be fearless, LaFlorecita. Life is so beautiful and much wider than cycling. Ah..

This isn't about cycling for me but about ALBERTO CONTADOR!