Contador cleared

Alberto Contador has been cleared by the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation after testing positive for a banned substance during last year’s Tour de France and can return to competition immediately, his spokesman said today.

Alberto Contador has been cleared by the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation after testing positive for a banned substance at last year’s Tour de France and is free to return to competition immediately.

The 28-year-old Spaniard reported an adverse finding for Clenbuterol on July 21 last year, attributing the result on the second rest day to contaminated meat.