The three times Tour de France champion Alberto Contador would have been crazy to risk taking the anabolic agent clenbuterol during this year's race, says a leading British sports lawyer.
The Spaniard has been provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union after testing positive for a small amount of the performance-enhancing drug during this year's race.
Contador claims he ingested the substance from tainted beef but that's been dismissed by the World Anti-Doping Agency whcih says similar explanations have been rejected in the past.
But Mike Morgan, who's represented major National Olympic Committees at the past two Olympic Games and appeared before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, says it is possible that contaminated meat could be responsible.
He says the fact such a small amount of clenbuterol showed up corroborates Contador's claim.
Morgan says if Contador was taking clenbuterol, which strips fat and build muscles, as a peformance enhancer he'd have taken a much higher amount than was detected.
He says it's also a rider would take the drug in the middle of the Tour de France, when he knew he was going to be tested every other day.
