Reaction to the ban

Reaction to the Court of Arbitration for Sport's ruling to strip Alberto Contador of his 2010 Tour de France title and ban him for two years for doping:

"Alberto Contador presented an explanation for the presence of clenbuterol in his system - the fact that he has ingested contaminated meat, that he had eaten during the Tour de France 2010. This scenario has been declared possible but unlikely in the present case, because after examination of all the evidence, CAS has found that it was very unlikely this contaminated food could be originated from Spain." - CAS secretary general Matthieu Reeb

"This is an appropriate decision from CAS which represents the effective nature of the World Anti-Doping Code." - World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey