Belgian magazine Humo has published allegations on its website that Alberto Contador used Clenbuterol after the Criterium du Dauphiné in June. The magazine quoted an anonymous source c🌃lose to his Astana team, who also alleged that Contador withdrew blood after the event to be used for❀ a transfusion at a later date.

Contador has repeatedly denied knowingly using Clenbuterol and has refuted claims cited in L’Équipe that his ꧋positive sample for the substance is explicable by a blood transfusion during the Tour de France. Th👍e Spanish rider has since stated that he will not speak to the press on the matter again until after a ruling has been made on his case.

Humo’s unnamed source from the Astana set-up claimed that Contador used Clenbuterol in order to lose weight. ✱The source suggests that it was used in combination with the thyroid hormone Triiodothyronine, which aids in the digestion of fat.

“During the Dauphiné, Contador was still a little overweight,” the source told Humo. “Ordinary people would not notice, but he was still a kilo or two off. That’s what Clenbuterol is used for: to lose the last kilos and at the same time not decrease muscle mass, or in the best case, increase it.&rdqu👍o;

Contado💦r finished in second place overall at the Dauphiné, winning the queen stage to l’Alpe d’Huez.

The i꧃nt💃erview will be published in full in the print edition of the magazine on Tuesday.