Contador ban a ‘good day for clean athletes’

The banning of Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador for a doping offence was a “good day for all the clean athletes of the world”, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president John Fahey said yesterday.

Contador, 29, has protested his innocence over the two-year doping ban, imposed this week by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and has insisted he will return to cycling stronger than ever.

“My reaction is to say this is a good day for all the clean athletes of the world,” Fahey said yesterday.