环法三冠王康塔德被禁两年剥夺2010年个人冠军 - 后司街

北京时间2月6日消息，国际仲裁法庭正式对西班牙自行车运动员阿尔贝托-康塔多处以禁赛两年的处罚，同时剥夺2010年环法自行车赛个人总冠军头衔。

　　现年30岁的西班牙车手康塔多曾在07和08赛季两次夺得环法赛总冠军，2010年他第三次折桂，不过随后就被查出服用了违禁药物。据《卫报》报道，2010年8月国际自盟宣布康塔多在当年7月举行的环法赛期间的尿样被检测出少量违禁成分克伦特罗（俗称“瘦肉精”），并对其做出临时停赛的决定。尽管随后康塔多本人一直否认自己有意服用禁药，坚称药检阳性是因为吃了受污染的牛排所致，不应当受到处罚。虽然他的声明得到了西班牙自行车协会的支持，不过，世界自行车协会和世界反兴奋剂机构都不认可，因此，最终康塔多向国际体育仲裁法庭提出申诉。

　　经过长达两年的上诉和调查，北京时间2月6日，国际仲裁法庭还是根据所掌握的材料对这位30岁的西班牙名将做出了两年禁赛的处罚，并将剥夺其2010年环法个人总冠军头衔，排名第二位的卢森堡名将安迪•施莱克顶替获得冠军。根据处罚声明，康塔多的禁赛时间是从2010年8月6日至2012年8月6日。除了2010年环法个人总冠军之外， 2011年环意大利自行车赛的总冠军头衔也将被剥夺。

　　2011年1月底，西班牙自盟久曾提出对康塔多做出禁赛一年的处罚，时隔3周又做出取消制裁的决定。当时康塔多对媒体表示自己很高兴得到了“公正的判决”，并代表新东家丹麦盛宝银行车队参加了2011赛季环法大赛。不过因为配合调查而缺乏系统训练的他并未能取得佳绩。此后康塔多再度接受国际仲裁法庭调查，而对其的处罚措施也被不断讨论。国际自盟和世界反兴奋剂机构的律师经过了四天“完全混乱”的会议之后一致通过对其进行为期两年的禁赛处罚，为这件耗时18个月的马拉松调查划上了句号。康塔多是继2006年环法冠军兰迪斯之后，第二位因药检呈阳性而被剥夺总冠军头衔的选手。两年的禁赛期也使其在最后时刻错过了即将于7月27日开幕的伦敦奥运会。

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has handed
Alberto Contador
a two year sanction for his positive test for clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France. After a long-running saga, CAS announced on Monday that it had upheld the UCI and WADA’s joint appeal against the Spanish Cycling Federation’s (RFEC) decision not to suspend Contador.

The ban means Contador will lose race results dating back to and including the 2010 Tour de France. Andy Schleck will become the Tour de France champion while Michele Scarponi is crowned winner of the Giro d'Italia.

Contador's ban ends on August 5th, meaning he can ride this year's Vuelta.

Contador’s positive test dates from July 21, 2010, although the case was not made public until September 30 of that year. In February 2011, the RFEC officially cleared Contador, accepting his explanation that the traces of clenbuterol in his sample had been caused by consuming contaminated meat.

That turned out to be a false dawn, however, and after a number of delays, the hearings were finally held in November 2011. In the intervening period, Contador had added to the Giro d’Italia to his palmares and finished fifth at the Tour de France.

The hearing itself was tinged with some degree of controversy, with
AP
reporting that WADA’s lawyers threatened a walk out when anti-doping expert Michael Asheden was not permitted to testify on the theory that Contador may have had a blood transfusion on July 20.

A verdict was initially due in mid-January, but was again delayed after Leopard Trek backer Flavio Becca questioned the integrity of CAS arbitration panel head Ephraim Barak. After confirming that none of the parties involved in the case wanted to change the make-up of the arbitration panel, CAS finally issued its verdict on Monday.