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Saxo Bank-Sungard rider Alberto Contador leaves the team bus before the start of the first stage of the 2012 Challenge Mallorca cycling tour in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Contador has been given a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for failing a dope test during the 2010 Tour de France. Enrique Calvo/Reuters
Alberto Contador, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, crosses the finish line to win the 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time-trial of 40.5 kilometers (25.2 miles) with start and finish in Annecy, Alps region, France, in 2009. Contador won the race with Lance Armstrong finishing third. Laurent Rebours/AP
Contador cycles during the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bagneres-de-Luchon and Pau, July 20, 2010. Contador, a Tour winner in 2007, 2009 and 2010 who tested positive for the banned anabolic agent clenbuterol, is now set to be stripped of his last title. Francois Lenoir/Reuters
Contador celebrates as he crosses the finish line of the final stage of the 2010 Tour de France. Eric Gaillard/Reuters
Alberto Contador arrives for an interview at a television studio near Madrid February 15, 2011. The 28-year-old three-times Tour champion, the outstanding rider of his generation, will miss this year's Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the London Olympics, but he would be eligible to ride in the Spanish Vuelta in late august.
Contador of Spain exits the anti-doping medical testing facility after the 19th stage of the 2011 Tour de France. Contador did not podium that year. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
Pink jersey and overall leader Alberto Contador of Spain holds the trophy on the podium after winning the Giro d'Italia cycling race in Milan, May 29, 2011. Contador was stripped of this and 8 other titles. Paolo Bona/Reuters
Saxo bank Sungard cycling team director Bjarne Riis of Denmark (in car), oversees three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, and teammates, during a training session on a rest day in the 2011 Tour de France. Laurent Cipriani/AP
Alberto Contador of Spain pulls ahead of Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, as they climb the Pyrenees' Tourmalet pass in dense fog. Schleck and Contador had a historic leg in the mountains.
Andy Schleck (front) of Luxembourg continues to battle Alberto Contador on the Tourmalet Pass, July 22, 2010. Schleck won the stage, but Contador went on to win the 2010 Tour de France. Schleck, who finished second at the 2010 Tour, stands to be elevated to the top spot. Lionel Bonaventure/AP
Alberto Contador of Spain trails Andy Schleck of Luxembourg the following year, on the Col du Galibier during the 19th stage of the 2011 Tour de France. Contador finished third in Alpe d'Huez, the most famous of alpine finishes, with Schleck on his wheel. Denis Balibouse/Reuters
Contador kisses the trophy after winning the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, in Milan, June 1, 2008. Alberto Contador was the first non-Italian to ride to victory in the three-week race since 1996. Alessandro Trovati/AP
Alberto Contador cycles during the individual time-trial 19th stage of the Tour de France, July 24, 2010. Contador increased his overall lead and went on to win the Tour the following day. Eric Gaillard/Reuters
Alberto Contador shows his signature "pistol" move as he celebrates his overall victory on the podium after the final stage of the 2009 Tour de France cycling race. Contador won the 2007, 2009, and 2010 Tours. He did not compete on the 2008 Tour since his new team, Astana, was excluded from the event as a result of doping scandals in 2007 (Contador was not a member of the team then) Eric Gaillard/Reuters
Alberto Contador of Spain (c.) celebrates his overall victory surrounded by Saxo Bank team rider Andy Schleck of Luxembourg (l.) and Rabobank team rider Denis Menchov of Russia (r.) on the podium in Paris in July, 2010. Schleck and Menchov will be handed first and second place respectively, after Contador's drug ban. Alain Mounic/Reuters
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador arrives for an official welcoming ceremony in his hometown of Pinto, outside Madrid, July 26, 2010. Susana Vera/Reuters
Alberto Contador on his way to place second in the 10th stage time trial from Pesaro to Urbino, of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, May 20, 2008. Contador won the 2008 and 2011 Giro d'Italia. He has been stripped of the latter. Alessandro Trovati/AP
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The controversial conviction of Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador, together with the US decision to drop a Lance Armstrong investigation, highlights the political and legal challenges of cleaning up sport.
Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador signaled today his intention to appeal the doping conviction handed down yesterday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after a grueling 18-month legal battle.
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