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While the cycling world awaits the finalization of a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:proposed one-year ban for Alberto Contador following his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:positive test for Clenbuterol at the 2010 Tour de France, his new Saxo Bank-SunGard team has been assured that it will not lose its place in the sport's top tiꦍer even if Co🍃ntador is stripped of his Tour title.

"The ProTeam points will stay the same," UCI President Pat McQuaid told Cyclingnews. "The points were calculated in October and even if Contador was sanctioned and lost his Tour de France victory, the points would stay the same. I know some teams might be angry about this but I don't think we left ourselves open to💙 a legal challenge."

After hiring Contador🐻 to fill the gap left by Andy Schleck, the Saxo Bank team was ranked tenth in the UCI sporting hierarchy used to establish which teams obtained ProTeam licences for 💎2011, and consequently automatic invitations to the World Tour calendar races. The UCI has refused to reveal the details of the points system, so it is not known if Saxo Bank would have secured ProTeam status without Contador's Tour de France points.

The UCI issued a statement today clarifying that Contador has not yet been banned, despite reports that the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) ha🎃d recommended a one-year suspension. The UCI confirmed it received a document from the RFEC but said it is still awaiting the final decision of the federation's disciplinary commission.

"The document that was forwarded to the UCI this afternoon by the RFEC only represen🍃ts onꦫe element of the disciplinary proceedings undertaken by the Spanish Federation – and upon which the rider may express an opinion before being subject to the ruling," a UCI statement said.

McQuaid refused to say if he agreed with the pro🌳p𒀰osed one-year verdict, and indicated it was too soon to say if the UCI would appeal any decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

"I've just arrived in St Wendel for the cyclo-cross world championships, but the office has told me that the Spanish have sent us a six-page document. It arrived this afternoon." McQuaid told🤪 Cyclingnews.

"I can't comment in deta🍰il because the case is still on-going. The RFEC has recommended a one-year ban but that's not a fin⛦al verdict. We won't decide about appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport until we have their final. Although this document will help us understand the case."

McQuaid also refused to comment on reports from Spain that the RFEC accepted Contador's defence of eating contam🐭inated meat or that a one-year ban would mean Contador would avoid having to pay 70% of his 2010🌳 salary.

Meanwhile, Contador, who was training with his Saxo Bank-SunGard team in Mallorca, is reported to have holed up in his hotel room awaiting Friday's scheduled press conference.