The UCI Will Appeal the Alberto Contador Exoneration

At the last moment Pat McQuaid under universal pressure acts. Instantly, the universal claims of UCI cowardliness by outraged cycling fans were circumvented by bold action.

There seems to be a general consensus that the Alberto Contador clenbuterol positive test would have never been revealed except for the diligence of a German television investigative team. When Pat McQuaid was asked to verify this positive clenbuterol test he claimed, "I don't know what you are talking about." A virtual volley of accusations and recriminations followed from a sceptical cycling world, what is the UCI doing? Are they trying to sweep the Alberto Contador positive test under the rug? Are they trying to protect Alberto Contador? Pat McQuaid could have merely stated that he did not want another Floyd Landis disaster of proclaiming guilt before the ink was dry on the "A" testosterone/epitestosterone screening sample, and that it is patently unfair to proclaim the guilt of an athlete on the front page of L'Equipe and the New York Times before an athlete has a chance to see the evidence or review the charges lodged against him or her. We could attribute this "lack of knowledge" proclamation of the UCI to an exuberance of caution, learned from painful lessons of how not to conduct press interviews or how not to leak sensitive confidential laboratory information to the press: not merely an all out conspiracy to protect a favorite.

How much will you pay for ocean front property in Arizona? Pat McQuaid had no choice but appeal the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) decision, otherwise he would have been forced to resign.