Andy Schleck: ‘I hope Contador is innocent’
- By Agence France Presse
- Published Sep. 30, 2010
2010 Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck expressed his hope on Thursday that race winner Alberto Contador would prove his innocence after the Spaniard was provisionally suspended for failing a dope test.
“I hope he is innocent and I think he deserves the right to defend himself now,” Schleck wrote on Twitter.
“What a crazy day in cycling with the news about Contador. I only heard about it in the press.”
If three-time Tour winner Contador is stripped of his title, Luxembourg’s Schleck would in principle be declared the Tour winner.
Contador has denied doping and claims he is a victim of food contamination.
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