Originally Posted by
harlond
You say he shouldn't have been racing anyway, but we don't know that until the legal proceedings are done. The Spanish authorities have ruled that he should be racing, and even if CAS overturns that, the CAS result does not mean the Spanish result was unreasonable or unfounded. Until the legal proceedings are done, and so long as he tests OK, I can't think of any good reason why he shouldn't be racing, and I can think of plenty of good reasons why so long as he tests clean, we should let races be decided on the road instead of in court.
Right. I just mean in hindsight, if he's found guilty, that if you look back from there then, that from that point of view,
knowing the proper authorities found him guilty that he shouldn't have been racing and that the fact that he was racing anyway is his own fault so it shouldn't be used to his benefit. Contador does have the right to race now, but that doesn't mean he necessarily has to use that right or that it doesn't have consequences.
But if he's not found guilty all that discussion is moot anyway.