Get serious about doping, cycling union tells Spain

03 October,2010 10:06 AM IST |   |  AFP

Spain should be doing more to prevent doping in cycling, International Cycling Union (UCI) chief Pat McQuaid said on Saturday


Spain should be doing more to prevent doping in cycling, International Cycling Union (UCI) chief Pat McQuaid said on Saturday.

McQuaid was speaking two days after Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was provisionally suspended after a positive test for clenbuterol, which the Spaniard has blamed on food contamination.

Alberto Contador


While Contador's case gives the UCI a dilemma because of the tiny amount that was found in his urine sample from July 21 this year, he has not been the only Spaniard to hit the headlines.

This week alone four top riders were revealed to have tested positive for banned substancesu00a0-- Oscar Sevilla, Ezequiel Mosquera, David Garcia da Pena and women's mountain biker Margarita Fullana.
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