MADRID — Tour de France champion Alberto Contador won't get to compete again in cycling's showcase event until 2009.
Tour organizer Patrice Clerc says he won't rescind the decision to ban Contador's Astana team from this year's race. But he says Astana can return in 2009 if it stays free of doping scandals this year.
Clerc is concerned that ongoing problems with cycling's governing body, the UCI, will leave the Tour without the means to monitor cyclists' blood levels for possible doping.
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