Contador asks for change of procedure

FARO, Portugal - Alberto Contador insisted on Wednesday he had not benefited from patriotism after his doping ban was rescinded by the Spanish Cycling Federation and called for reform of anti-doping procedures.

Contador had threatened to end his career if he was found to have knowingly taken a banned substance.

The Spaniard had insisted all along the failed doping test during last year's Tour de France, which he won, was the result of eating a steak contaminated with traces of the muscle-building drug clenbuterol.