Tour De France 2011

What is more likely is that Contador's coaching team were caught out by the amount of clenbuterol the Cologne lab could detect, thinking that the dosage they'd given him was undetectable, especially as it was most likely in blood Contador reinfused during the Tour.

This.

None of the other GC contenders complained too loudly last year after his exclusion. Be interesting too see those plasticiser test numbers from last year and compare them to this after the introduction of the 'no needles' rule.