Alberto Contador has called the two-year doping sanction that resulted in him having two Grand Tours struck off his palmarès as a “tremendous injustice”. In an interview with the El Transistor programme on the Onda Cero radio station, Contador said that, to him, his final palmarès includes three “triple crowns”, with three victories in each of the three Grand Tours.
The official record books say otherwise, with Contador officially the winner of three Vueltas a España, two Tours de France and two Giri d’Italia.
In February 2012, Contador was handed a backdated suspension after he tested positive for Clenbuterol during the 2010 Tour de France. Contador went on to win the race but was stripped of the title following the backdated suspension. His 2011 Giro d’Italia win as also scratched from the record books, but Contador says it is not the record books that he pays attention to.
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“What stays with me more is the feeling of the people that saw these races, what they enjoyed of them, the way I worked to achieve them, and the way I achieved them,” Contador explained. “I don’t give importance to what might appear on paper; it is about my own feeling. It's something I'm going to have my whole life.
"It is a tremendous injustice. The final palmarès is the three triple crowns, but it is a complicated topic. In the end, it will not change anything and the people that have shown interest know that it is one of the biggest injustices that has happened in sport.”
Contador has been on a big media tour around Spain following his retirement at the end of the Vuelta a España earlier this month. The Pinto-born rider announced ahead of his home race that it would be the final one of his career and he was given a hero’s welcome into Madrid on the final day.
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