Ortega positive to EPO, Contador denies again

Just documenting it as it falls... not that I can really tell you much about Ortega anyway. As for Contador, well he seems to get pinned with everything that moves in Spain now, no matter how slim the evidence.

Portugal Stage Winner Ortega Tests Positive For EPO | Cyclingnews.com

Carlos Pereira, sports director for the Portuguese Continental team Barbot-Siper, has admitted to A Bola that one of his riders, Joaquín Ortega, tested positive for EPO prior to the Tour of Portugal. Ortega won the sixth stage of the national event, but returned a positive sample before the stage race and will now face a two-year ban, on top of losing his victory.

Contador Denies Link To Madrid Doping Suspect | Cyclingnews.com

Interviú describes Fernández Alba, who works at the SPE “clinical gym” in Majadahonda, north of Madrid, as Contador’s “manager, discoverer and coach”. However, it appears that the pair’s only connection is via the Madrid regional cycling team that Contador rode for before turning pro.

In a statement, Contador’s press officer, Jacinto Vidarte, has said: “Alberto Contador categorically denies the information published in Interviú magazine in which it is stated that the current president of the Madrid’s Cycling Federation was his discoverer and manager, as well as being a client of his at the centre where he is a technical director in the town of Majadahonda.”