MADRID (AP) - Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador returned to
training for competition Friday, four days after receiving a
two-year doping ban from sport's highest court.
Contador tweeted a photo of himself on a bike along with the
message: "Going back to work, sacrifice and hard training, this is
our sole secret."
On Monday, Contador received a retroactive ban and was stripped
of his 2010 Tour de France title because of a positive test for
clenbuterol taken during the Tour.
Contador can return to competition Aug. 6 but will miss this
year's Tour, Giro d'Italia and London Olympics. He is eligible to
race at the Spanish Vuelta.
Contador, who blamed the positive test on contaminated meat,
hasn't ruled out appealing his ban.