Wherever the clenbuterol comes from, which most likely comes from meat, the amount found is ridiculous and does not provide any benefit. Contador did not want to dope. An athlete in his right mind who intends to cheat would never do something like that, much less in the middle or at the end of the Tour. If someone wanted to take clenbuterol to increase his muscle mass, he would do it at least three months before starting his physical preparation.

I have experienced this before with the topic of caffeine, whose consideration as a doping product is already quantitative, not just qualitative. In the case of Clenbuterol it is still considered as a diuretic, an amphetamine, marijuana or any other drug. With the mere presence of a minimal amount, the legality is there for those who consider it doping.

This is a pure and simple application of the law, which logically should have been changed or nuanced for this case, but CAS did not want to make any difference to avoid problems. They could have subjected the cyclist to an exhaustive follow-up, but to punish him for two years and take away the Tour is a brutal injustice. I don't know if they would have done the same with another rider from another country.

Contador only has to see his face to see that he is innocent. He won on merit but the law has played a dirty trick on him. It is absurd. There is no right. They have not listened to common sense, nor to logic, nor have they thought about the future. They have probably been afraid and have not wanted to create a precedent.

Contador is unassisted to prove that in the blood that was extracted from him there is nothing to justify the theory of a transfusion. I have lived with Banesto and with Reynolds positives that were very unfair, but those who apply the law to the letter have no other way out. It is like the law of the minor, it is applied and that's it. It is not interpreted.