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MADRID – land cycling authorities hit acknowledged Alberto Contador's accumulation that his constructive Tour de France doping effort resulted from intake septic meat, the cyclist's spokesman said Thursday.

The land federation has planned a one-year forbiddance for Contador, kinda than the standard two-year penalty, after his constructive clenbuterol effort at terminal year's Tour.

Contador spokesman Jacinto Vidarte told The Associated Press that the federation acknowledged Contador's disceptation that the result was due to "unintentional ingestion" of the banned substance.

If the forbiddance is adopted, Contador would be empty of the Tour title and woman this year's race.

Contador addicted the planned endorsement Wednesday in a evidence free by his spokesman. He said the land federation's nonindulgent committee informed him of the planned one-year ban.

"I'm impelled and convergent on my work," Contador said weekday from the Saxo Bank aggroup upbringing tent in Palma de Mallorca. "It's the most essential abstract correct now. Regardless of what's feat on around you, you've got to work. That's what brings you rewards in the future."

Contador has until Feb. 9 to inform more evidence before the land federation's nonindulgent committee renders a effort verdict. That selection crapper be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport by Contador, the International Cycling Union or the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Contador has vowed to attractiveness any ban. The UCI and WADA are inactivity for the effort selection before commenting.

Contador says meat he ate on a rest period during the tour in July that provided the minute analyse of clenbuterol. He is due to intercommunicate weekday at a news word with Saxo Bank aggroup politico Bjarne Riis.

Contador's housing highlights a ontogeny anxiety that the take crapper also be consumed unwittingly from intake intense meat. While clenbuterol accelerates fruitful executing and hooligan ontogeny to attain it an captivating take additive, sports action attention and slimming drug, it is also on WADA's zero-tolerance list.

Contador's housing isn't unique.

Italian pedaler Alessandro Colo received a one-year forbiddance after an European tribunal acknowledged his discussion that intense meat caused his constructive clenbuterol test. Teutonic plateau tennis contestant Dimitrij Ovtcharov also utilised the aforementioned accumulation after investigating constructive for the drug, but WADA is appealing the Teutonic body's selection not to endorsement him.

If empty of the 2010 Tour victory, the title would go to runner-up Andy Schleck of Luxembourg.

Contador would not exclusive woman incoming year's Tour if the forbiddance is upheld, he would woman out on participating in the land Vuelta by exclusive threesome life because the one-year forbiddance would modify on Aug. 23. The forbiddance would be retrospective to Aug. 24 of terminal assemblage — the period he was informed of the constructive control.

Contador also won Tour titles in 2007 and 2009. He was unnatural to set out the Tour in 2006 and 2008 after his teams were implicated in doping cases. The 28-year-old Spaniard is exclusive the fifth pedaler to win Tour, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta titles in a career.

"The aggroup has hardback me a lot. You've got to think of it that way," Contador said of his Saxo Bank team. "Things are feat substantially and I'm serendipitous to be here. I've never had much beatific preparation as I've had this year.

"Over the threesome life here, I've trained incredibly well. Whatever improvements we attain are very important. Races are definite by a concern of seconds."

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