Alberto Contador will stay with Astana. This is pretty interesting, because with the team falling apart it was widely suspected that Contador, despite having a contract through 2010, would sign with another team and deal with whatever legal battles would ensue.
The announcement made me do a double take, and it's so revealing of a sport that is so screwed up. For the agreement to be binding, Astana must, among other things "strictly comply with the code of ethics and internal doping control system that will be implemented by the new leadership of the team."
Has anyone else ever heard of an athlete holding his team to an ethics clause instead of the other way around?
Cycling is so great and so troubled at the same time.
The announcement made me do a double take, and it's so revealing of a sport that is so screwed up. For the agreement to be binding, Astana must, among other things "strictly comply with the code of ethics and internal doping control system that will be implemented by the new leadership of the team."
Has anyone else ever heard of an athlete holding his team to an ethics clause instead of the other way around?
Cycling is so great and so troubled at the same time.
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