THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADRID, Spain — Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador was back on his bike Friday and training for competition, days after receiving a two-year doping ban from sport’s highest court.
Contador tweeted a photo of himself on his bike along with the message: "Going back to work, sacrifice and hard training, this is our sole secret."
On Monday, Contador received a retroactive ban and was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title because of a positive test for clenbuterol taken from that same Tour.
Contador can return to competition Aug. 6 but will miss this year’s Tour, Giro d’Italia and Summer Olympics. He is eligible to race at the Spanish Vuelta.
Contador, who blamed the positive test on contaminated meat, hasn’t ruled out an appeal of his ban.