Not a day goes by that there isn’t an article about the doping rumors surrounding Tour de France 2007 winner Alberto Contador. He has been named as one of the clients of doping doctor Fuentes in the Puerto affair (see German doctor says Contador biggest fraud of all time) and he has always denied it.  Everyone, including Contador, is entitled to a presumption of innocence but in the field of cycling, unfortunately, people are considered guilty until proven innocent. The organizers of the Vattenfall Classics in Hamburg told Contador that he was not welcome to start on August 19. They do not want any cyclists who were named in the Puerto affair.

Contador will be appearing on Friday (August 10) before the Spanish sports federation to give a statement.

There are still too many questions surrounding Contador and even more on the rumored cover-up by the Spanish authorities. Unless there is full openness concerning the Puerto affair, Contador will remain under suspicion and that would be a shame if he is really innocent. Simply stating that he is innocent is not going to help because at this point, most people think he’s been doping.