'Disgusted' Contador hits out at WADA, UCI

MADRID - A "disgusted" Alberto Contador hit out on Thursday at the Spanish federation, which he accused of buckling to pressure from anti-doping authorities and proposing he serve a one-year ban from cycling.

The future of Contador, a three-time Tour de France champion, has hung in the balance since he announced last August he had tested positive for traces of the banned substance Clenbuterol during last July's race.

Despite repeatedly denying taking any banned substances, blaming the result on food contamination, it increasingly looks like stage racing's biggest talent will be banned.