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Alberto Contador Suspended for Doping, Could Lose Tour de France Title

(Sept. 30) -- Surprise, surprise. Another professional biker has been caught doping. But it's not just any biker, it's three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, just a few months after his latest triumph. He "has been provisionally suspended after traces of the bronchodilator clenbuterol were found in a urine...

Clenbuterol: The Substance Alberto Contador Tested Positive For

Alberto Contador tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol days before he sealed his third career Tour de France title back in July, a violation his spokesman said Wednesday came as a result of tainted food. Clenbuterol has long been listed as a banned stimulant by anti-doping authorities. While not...

Alberto Contador Tests Positive for Clenbuterol, Latest Tour Title in Doubt

Alberto Contador tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol days before he sealed his third career Tour de France title back in July, a violation he said Thursday came as a result of contaminated meat. "I'm sad and disappointed but I can hold my head high because with the truth in front of me I can talk loud and...

Background on clenbuterol

Clenbuterol, marketed as Spiropent and Ventipulmin, is a sympathomimetic amine used by sufferers of breathing disorders as a decongestant and bronchodilator.

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