Schleck is not too happy with 2010 Tour title
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February 8, 2012, Wednesday
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ANDY Schleck of Luxembourg said he would not take any joy from being given the 2010 Tour de France title as it would only come as a result of Alberto Contador's doping ban.
Schleck said Monday's decision to ban the Spaniard over a positive doping test saddened him because he "always believed in his innocence."
Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title, which is likely to be given to Schleck who finished second. However, the cyclist said "I battled with Contador in that race and I lost."
Schleck is a favorite for this summer's race again and he said that "if I succeed this year, I will consider it as my first Tour victory."
Meanwhile, cycling greats Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain said the decision to strip Contador of his title and ban him for two years for doping was another blow to the sport.
"It's very bad for cycling. It's bad for everybody. It's like someone wants to kill cycling," Merckx said. "I'm very surprised, very surprised. It's bad for the sponsors. It's bad for the Tour (de France). It's bad for cycling."
Contador tested positive for clenbuterol from what he claimed was contaminated beef eaten on a Tour rest day in July 2010. CAS called the claim "unlikely," saying the positive result "was more likely caused by the ingestion of a contaminated food supplement."
"Cycling always receives a bad name. It's always cycling that's attacked and other sports are never attacked. In other sports they don't go so far," Merckx said. "If you go zero-zero-zero-zero-zero (tolerance) you can always find something in everyone."
Schleck said Monday's decision to ban the Spaniard over a positive doping test saddened him because he "always believed in his innocence."
Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title, which is likely to be given to Schleck who finished second. However, the cyclist said "I battled with Contador in that race and I lost."
Schleck is a favorite for this summer's race again and he said that "if I succeed this year, I will consider it as my first Tour victory."
Meanwhile, cycling greats Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain said the decision to strip Contador of his title and ban him for two years for doping was another blow to the sport.
"It's very bad for cycling. It's bad for everybody. It's like someone wants to kill cycling," Merckx said. "I'm very surprised, very surprised. It's bad for the sponsors. It's bad for the Tour (de France). It's bad for cycling."
Contador tested positive for clenbuterol from what he claimed was contaminated beef eaten on a Tour rest day in July 2010. CAS called the claim "unlikely," saying the positive result "was more likely caused by the ingestion of a contaminated food supplement."
"Cycling always receives a bad name. It's always cycling that's attacked and other sports are never attacked. In other sports they don't go so far," Merckx said. "If you go zero-zero-zero-zero-zero (tolerance) you can always find something in everyone."
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