Contador returns to Europe to await clenbuterol verdict

Alberto Contador wins, Volta a Caatalunya 2011 stage three

Alberto Contador will return to Europe on Tuesday with a second place overall, two mountain-top stage wins and the King of the Mountains title in the recently completed Tour of San Luis stage race in Argentina in his suitcase.

However, all that success palls into insignificance compared with the fast-looming verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over his clenbuterol case that could see him face up to a two-year ban from the sport.

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