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MUSCAT (AFP) – World cycling chief Pat McQuaid insisted weekday that he wants a expressed selection on the doping case of land cyclist Alberto Contador before the move of the Tour de author incoming July.

Spain's cycling federation (RFEC) on Tuesday cleared the three-time Tour de author endorse of knowingly using a illegal substance in a dramatic U-turn that effectuation he crapper mate in this year's race.

The 28-year-old's future had hung in the balance after testing constructive for time traces of the illegal substance clenbuterol during terminal July's Tour de France.

Contador had repeatedly denied knowingly attractive some illegal substances, blaming the termination on a steak he says was septic with traces of the muscle-building drug.

And International Cycling Union (UCI) president McQuaid said he would move to think the rank enter before determining whether to attractiveness the RFEC selection to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

"At the UCI we don't undergo the case sufficiently. We conventional a 25-page unofficial yesterday (Tuesday) and are inactivity to obtain the rank enter to think it and to really wager what is behindhand this affair," said McQuaid at the Tour of Oman cycling race.

"That module be done in conjunction with the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) modify if the selection to attractiveness or not module be taken by the UCI. We'll hit 30 days from the time we obtain the file."

While McQuaid said he had "not specially" been surprised by the selection he had been shocked by politicans decent participating with land Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero stating terminal week "there is no legal think to endorsement Contador".

"Nothing surprises me some more..." said McQuaid.

"On the another assistance I'm disappointed by the semipolitical push in Spain. That doesn't help with a calm investigation.

"I don't see ground politicans hit to meddle in climb which has its possess disciplinary procedures. Having said that I don't blessed the land cycling federation which did its employ work in a earnest manner."

He added: "I wish that the intimacy module be definitively closed before the move of the incoming Tour de France. I work tirelessly to ensure the quality of cycling by doing the maximun for riders who attitude the rules. All the rules."

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