Tour de France will run under a cloud this year. Picking the winner of this year's Tour de France is a snap for some. Oddsmakers hailed three-time winner Alberto Contador of Saxo Bank a 4-5 favorite as of Friday. For good reason: Contador has won the last six Grand Tours he has entered. He is one of only five riders in the last century to win all three, the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana, in a career.
Others believe that nobody will win this year. The cloud hanging over Contador and his inclusion this year guarantees turmoil, distractions and controversy throughout the three-week, 2,100-mile race,which starts in northwestern France today. Contador has been a source of consternation since the results of a drug test during last year's Tour de France revealed trace amounts of clenbuterol, an asthma drug that is banned because it can improve aerobic capacity. The Spanish cycling federation bought Contador's argument that contaminated beef was the source of the drug and cleared him of wrongdoing.
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