PUIGPUNYENT – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador plans to appeal against the provisional one-year ban handed down to him by the Spanish cycling federation (RFEC) for failing a doping test.
“I do not agree with the (RFEC’s preliminary) resolution at all,” an emotional Contador told a news conference on Friday, adding that he had no plans to retire from cycling as he had threatened to do if he was punished. “You have to remember this is just a proposal and I will work as hard as I can to change it,” he said.
“But if that does not happen I’ll appeal wherever I need to to defend my innocence to the last.” The 28-year-old Spaniard has 10 days to appeal the federation’s initial decision to ban him for a year, communicated to the rider on Wednesday, before a final verdict is reached.
The triple Tour winner also faces being stripped of his 2010 title.
