He’s got my full support.
UCI president Pat McQuaid promised Friday to put the full weight of the organization behind an effort to ensure that defending Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will take part in this year’s edition of the world’s biggest bicycle race.
The Tour’s organizers, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced on February 13 that Contador’s Astana team would be barred from competing in this year’s race because of doping scandals over the past two years.
“We will do everything that is possible to ensure that Contador takes part in the Tour,” McQuaid told the Spanish newspaper El Pais on Friday. “It would be a tragedy if Contador could not defend his title.”
Lord knows what they can actually do, but I wish the UCI all the luck in the world in getting the ASO straightened out. I’ve been thinking about it and without Astana, I’m simply not watching the Tour this year, so unless there’s some sense in the world come July I’ll be sleeping in during that month.
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