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MADRID (AFP) – Cycling's governing embody on weekday revived a doping housing against three-time Tour de France succeeder Alberto Contador by announcing it would attractiveness the land federation's selection to clear him.

"The International Cycling Union (UCI) today definite ... to attractiveness to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in metropolis against the land Cycling Federation's uncovering in the housing of Alberto Contador," the Switzerland-based UCI said in a statement.

"He was guiltless after investigating constructive for clenbuterol during an in-competition effort carried discover on 21st July 2010."

The Spaniard proven constructive for a tiny amount of the illegal muscle-building center clenbuterol during terminal July's Tour, which he went on to win.

But he was unwooded to compete when the land cycling federation (RFEC) terminal period rescinded an initial selection to assistance downbound a one-year rivalry ban.

It acknowledged the rider's verify that he had unknowingly ingested drug-contaminated meat and was therefore not negligent.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) crapper also attractiveness the land selection before the CAS within added 21 days.

But Contador is liberated to move racing until and unless the CAS rules against him. He is set to compete after on weekday in the ordinal stage of the Tour of Catalonia, in which he already holds the leader's jersey.

The someone of his Saxo Bank team, Bjarne Riis, said the aggroup "respects" the UCI's selection but heavy the traveller relic clear of whatever wrongdoing.

"The rules feature that the parties of a housing hit the possibleness to attractiveness whatever selection to the CAS," Riis was quoted as locution in a Saxo Bank statement.

"UCI has definite to do so in the housing concerning Alberto Contador, and naturally we attitude this. Now my hope is that we crapper hit a effort judgement as quickly as possible," the European said.

"As a aggroup we can't do much but to wait for the CAS to reach a decision. But I would also same to remind everybody that Alberto Contador was guiltless in the prototypal place and therefore is clear of whatever wilful evilness until a judgement says something else.

"And as daylong as this is a housing of unplanned intake of a proscribed substance, we module move to hold Alberto Contador."

Contador's spokesman, Jacinto Vidarte, on weekday declined to attain whatever immediate interpret on the UCI's selection when contacted by AFP.

Contador, 28, who also won the Tour de France in 2007 and 2009, grabbed the overall advance in the Tour of territory in northeastern Espana on Wednesday after claiming the gruelling third stage.

He acknowledged afterwards that it was difficult to vie with the doping housing ease on his mind.

"It's not the best conditions, but I'm focusing on myself, on my cycle and on the road, because the rest does not depend on me," he said.

"I essay to focus on the vie and for the rest I hit certainty in the people around me. It's certainly not as if nothing has happened, I know that, but I?m direction things pretty well."

The traveller was provisionally suspended by the UCI terminal August after the constructive doping test, but returned to rivalry in the Tour of Algarve in Portugal terminal period following the RFEC's effort decision.

He then won the Tour of Murcia in Espana early this month.

After the Tour of Catalona, Contador is regular to vie in the Tour of Castilla y Leon in Espana and the Fleche Wallone in Belgique in April ahead of the Giro d'Italia in May.

Clenbuterol is a illegal coefficient loss/muscle-building drug that is also utilised to increase angle meat in cattle. The center was illegal by the European Union in 1996 but it is ease administered lawlessly by whatever kine farmers.

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