MONTREAL (AP) — Results from tests that showed abnormally high levels of plastic residues in Alberto Contador’s urine could be used as part of the doping case against the Tour de France winner — even if the tests alone can’t prove the entire case, anti-doping authorities say.
Olivier Rabin, the lead scientist at the World Anti-Doping Agency, said Wednesday that the validity of the plastics tests is ironclad but they have not been through enough lab work to be used as stand-alone evidence in a doping case.
Rabin said research is continuing on the plastics tests and any new developments could be presented in a case against Contador, which has yet to be scheduled. The cyclist also tested positive for the steroid clenbuterol which he says came from contaminated meat that he ate.
