Contador banned for 2 years/stripped '10 TDF win

[smack]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/16905217

And that makes Andy Schleck the winner in 2010.

[DJRC]

Lunacy that is has taken 18 months to get here.
Lunacy again that the 2 yr decision in reality only means 6 months this and from Aug he is OK to compete again. So in reality it is a 6month ban. Now this is either because the court think that there isnt really the evidence to punish him properly or because he is guilty but they dont want to piss a superstar of the sport off too much. Or something else. I dont know.

But this is a mess and has only ended messily. Not a great day for the sport.

[The Stiglet]

DJRC said:

Not a great day for the sport.

Sums it up nicely.

I'm sure this is going to continue in more detail in the Pedal Powered thread if you guys are interested?