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Contador's Future Uncertain After Ban

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After threatening to retire from cycling if he was to ever be handed a drugs ban, the future now looks uncertain for former Tour de France champion Alberto Contador.

Contador, a three-time winner of the world’s toughest bike race, was on Monday handed a two-year ban from the sport in relation to a positive test for the banned substance clenbuterol during the 2010 edition of the race.

News of Contador’s positive test came only weeks after his third yellow jersey triumph in August 2010—after which the Spaniard threatened to quit the sport should he not be cleared of wrongdoing.

“If this is not resolved...

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