Contador gets two-year ban

Alberto Contador was yesterday stripped of his 2010 Tour de France victory and handed a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following his positive test for clenbuterol.

It was initially announced the Spaniard had failed a doping test in September 2010, shortly after he had won his third Tour.

The 29-year-old always protested his innocence, claiming he failed the test after eating contaminated meat and rejected an offer from the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) to serve a 12-month suspension.