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Other stuff to be angry about today (with chorizo pic)

07 Feb 12:20pm

Filed under: Alberto Contador, Cycling, Goats, Spain, Sport, Stuff To Be Angry About Today, Tour De France

That dopey Spaniard. Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been banned for two years, and is now officially just a two-time Tour de France winner, after copping a two year ban for drug use.

I Dios mio! And the steak wasn't even cooked how I like it

Contador was overnight stripped of his 2010 Tour win by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for testing positive to the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol. The Spaniard says he ingested the substance by eating contaminated steak.

Sure he did. The Punch has dined on more than occasion at a delightful tapas bar near our office and we can say with some confidence that both the chorizo and the steak was steroid free.

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Frank says:

12:14pm | 08/02/12

UMM Cadel Evans faced the same ban during the Beijing Olympics..so I wouldnt get too excited..the question is are cyclists self-esteems so low that they have to resort to drugs to compete? Read more »
PsychoHyena says:

10:37am | 08/02/12

@Kika, so it’s not okay to selectively breed animals but it’s okay for humans to selectively breed? If not then you should be breeding with everyone you walk past. Read more »

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