[danielf]

I know that doping is rife in cycling. I also know that many forms of doping are very hard to spot, and as a result riders are taken out of competition for things like having elevated hematocrit values.

It's just that the evidence in this case isn't very compelling when there are many cases of athletes inadvertently ingesting clenbuterol. I'm all for cleaning up the sport, but it seems that Contador is just being used to set an example.