Should contador ride tour de france poll

[luigiV]

contadors been advised to not ride tour de france should he ride or should he wait !!!... this isnt in the clinic so keep it clean id say simply put yes or no

 

[saganftw]

he should,it may be his last ride for couple of seasons

 

[luigiV]

he should,it may be his last ride for couple of seasons[/QUOT
no for me

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Absolutely yes.

He'll be acquitted in August anyway.

 

[the_kman]

he should ride. I dont think there is enough to say he cant. Id rather see someone else win but ahh well.

 

[Bennyl]

this is a bad poll and the whole situation is extremely distasteful. Personally, I don't like even thinking about it and IMHO the politiking going on by all parties is probably on a level with Sepp Blatter in terms of self interest. cycling has been relegated to No 2.

 

[robertocarlos]

do i want him to ride? yes
does aso wants him in it? ?
wada advices not to ride, but iltimately is contador that has to decide.

 

[nowhereman]

I think he should ride if he feels he has properly recovered after his Giro victory. If he feels properly recovered, and he doesn't compete following Howmans comments, and then he is acquitted by CAS,he will regret listening to that man's loose comments. And the cycling world will spin wildly, that he got off, but didn't compete in the TdF. In fact, Howman wouldn't deny that they are pondering putting a tolerance level on the books, regarding drugs like Clenbuterol. So everyone who wants to hang AC for the miniscule # of picograms of clenbuterol he had in his system, might be after a man who at a different time, and in fact, because of this controversial case, would end up innocent. What a bad joke that would be.
In fact, I've become more opposed to banning riders, for any length of time. I think that riders should be severely penalized financially, and any results obtained while using PEDs should of course be disallowed. And if a team elects to void their contracts, they would be entitled to. But completely ban them from their jobs? NO. If bans had been in place all along, we'd barely know who Eddie Merckx is. He was busted 4 times......4 TIMES! With the time he would have spent banned, by todays standards, he never would have had enough time to compile his amazing palmares. Banning isn't stopping the plague of PEDs. All we have is a merry go round of banned riders being banished, and banned riders coming back. What purpose is all that serving?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

If WADA wants to institute threshold amounts for drugs, then Contador cannot be banned for trace amounts of clenbuterol.

You can't ban a guy for that, then a month later say, hey we decided that anyone else who tests positive for the same amount will be cleared.

It would be an enormous farce.

 

[therhodeo]

So could him winning the TDF have any bearing on this case? Does the UCI have any say in whether its 2 Grand Tour winning champ get a pass and the rule gets changed? If he wins and gets acquitted does he race the Vuelta?

 

[mad black]

Although I'd like to see if he really can back up after the Giro, I believe the damage to cycling in general would be enormous should CAS rule against him!

For the benefit of cycling please stay away Alberto!

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Absolutely yes! At least it should be his choice. I'm sure his sponsors and DS would want him in it.

 

[SiAp1984]

If he has any respect left for this race and his opponents, he should not ride the Tour.

 

[jens_attacks]

yes and he will.also there will be no ban.he will race on pure rage,the most powerfull drug.

 

[boomcie]

If WADA wants to institute threshold amounts for drugs, then Contador cannot be banned for trace amounts of clenbuterol.

You can't ban a guy for that, then a month later say, hey we decided that anyone else who tests positive for the same amount will be cleared.

It would be an enormous farce.

I think what WADA says is that they would consider a threshold if (god forbid) Contador gets acquitted. Which seems only fair to me.

 

[spalco]

From his perspective: of course! What's he got to lose? He's maintaining his innocence and he will maintain his innocence even if the CAS finds against him so absolutely if I were advising him I'd say to go ahead and start at the TdF. If they take away his title he won't be any worse off than he would have been if he didn't start. And anyone who thinks he won't instantly find a WT pro team to hire him when his ban is over is delusional.

 

[Publicus]

If he has any respect left for this race and his opponents, he should not ride the Tour.

Maybe you missed it but he's been acquitted. He is free to race. So how is his NOT racing out of respect for the race and his opponents? To my mind, if he were to do such a thing it would be an admission (at least implicitly) that he was in fact guilty.

 

[hrotha]

Hell no, he shouldn't ride. I don't want a Rebellin avatar.

 

[brianf7]

Another shot from David Howman trying to make political milage from this and pre empt a court appeal just to get his name in high lightes.

CAS will decide the outcome untill then why shouldnt he ride the tour he has not been proven to have commited any offence yet.

Howman wants to remove B sample testing to save money what is this appeal costing WADA.

Who will pay for all this if CAS overturn the apeal WADA and UCI or us the members .

 

[JA.Tri]

I voted yes, with significant reservations.

Some excellent thoughts in previous posts.

At present he is acquitted and therefore entitled to race. Did his federation make the correct decision though??? Who knows. Is AC guilty??? Ditto... well actually AC knows.

Even if AC is guilty; he would be a first, to deny himself a start in a race he holds dear, when the regulations leave him free to race.

 

[Winterfold]

If WADA wants to institute threshold amounts for drugs, then Contador cannot be banned for trace amounts of clenbuterol.

You can't ban a guy for that, then a month later say, hey we decided that anyone else who tests positive for the same amount will be cleared.

It would be an enormous farce.

+1

With that comment from WADA this became even more ridiculous. Why are they appealing and going to CAS if that is what they are thinking.

Morons.

The rules say he can race, if he wants to race he should.

 

[cineteq]

what? it's not a "who cares" options?

 

[dlwssonic]

For the better future of cycling no contador should not go. But I would like to see him go as it would be and entertaining battle with AS

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

If WADA wants to institute threshold amounts for drugs, then Contador cannot be banned for trace amounts of clenbuterol.

You can't ban a guy for that, then a month later say, hey we decided that anyone else who tests positive for the same amount will be cleared.

It would be an enormous farce.

Except he got tested and was found to have had that amount during a time where there was no threshold. Therefor he has to be judged according to the law at the time of the infriction.

That's a difference, at least in my book.

 

[Winterfold]

Except he got tested and was found to have had that amount during a time where there was no threshold. Therefor he has to be judged according to the law at the time of the infriction.

That's a difference, at least in my book.

But in this case the guy who is responsible for the law is saying the law is out fo date and needs to change - therefore he should not continue to prosecute the law.

He did not have to appeal.