Contador sample points to likely blood doping
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October 6, 2010, Wednesday
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A URINE sample taken from three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador showed abnormally high levels of plastic residues that could indicate he received a transfusion of his own blood during this year's race, a person with knowledge of the test results said yesterday.
Contador, who has previously denied receiving a transfusion, was provisionally suspended by the international cycling federation last week after a small amount of the banned drug clenbuterol was discovered in one of his samples by a laboratory in Cologne, Germany. The Spanish rider blamed contaminated beef for the result.
The lab also found plastic traces that might turn up after a transfusion of blood from a plastic bag, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because Contador's probe is ongoing.
Contador's abnormal sample showed eight times the normal amount of the plasticizer, the person said.
Contador has denied he underwent a blood transfusion before a grueling mountain stage on July 22.
His spokesman, Jacinto Vidarte, denied any plastic residues were found in the tests. "We are not aware of any findings of this plastic substance in any of the tests."
The plasticizer test result was also reported last week by French sports daily L'Equipe and German television network ARD. The New York Times reported on the finding yesterday. The person would not confirm whether the plasticizer was detected in a test on July 20 or July 21.
The UCI said the clenbuterol was detected on July 21, the Tour's final rest day. The Times quoted a source as saying the plastic residues were detected in a separate test on the previous day.
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