Contador clenbuterol case gets underway in CAS

Alberto Contador on podium, Giro d'Italia 2011, stage nine

Spaniard Alberto Contador's four-day hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over his positive case for clenbuterol has got underway this morning, and there has already been one minor surprise - the early presence of Contador himself at the hearing.

Contador was expected to arrive on Tuesday or Wednesday as one of the two dozen or so witnesses who will make a statement this week before the three-man panel of CAS judges hearing the case.

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