CONTADOR TESTS POSITIVE FOR BANNED SUBSTANCE

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will hold a press conference in Spain Thursday to discuss a positive test for Clenbuterol. The Spaniard is claiming that doctors can prove the banned substance got into his system through contaminated food.

According to isteriods.com, a massive online resource with information on dozens of banned susbstances, Clenbuterol (often called just “Clen”) is used by athletes and bodybuilders for it’s ability as a beta-2 agonist. It therefore stimulates your beta-2 receptors, which in turn help you to lose fat by allowing your body to release and burn more stored fat. Clen has been used for literally decades in the foreign veterinary world, for increasing the lean yield of livestock. It is clearly a very effective agent for this purpose, although its long half life and tendency to stay active in the body for long periods of time mean that vets in the United States aren’t able to use it. This is also the reason why (although it’s an asthma medication) it’s not available to asthmatics in the USA. In the world of athletics, Clenbuterol has a long history of use, according to the site.

Contador is at risk of becoming only the second rider in Tour de France history to be stripped of his title because of a doping violation. The positive result came from a drug test on the final day of this year’s Tour.