CAS selects table 3-lawyer to hear Contador case

GENEVA — the Court of arbitration for sport, selected a three-man Panel Wednesday to hear the case of Alberto Contador of doping, saying expects a verdict before the Tour de France in July. Israeli cvia Efraim lawyer Barak, will chair the Panelincluding Quentin Byrne-Sutton, Switzerland and Ulrich Haas of Germany has not been picked. CAS a date to hear the case, but plans for a preliminary ruling before the Tour de France which starts on July 2. Contador is the champion. "The written procedure in this topic are likely to be concluded at the end of May. The CAS plans to carry out a hearing in June, which would allow the settlement of the dispute before the end of June, "the Court said in a statement the UCI International Cycling Federation, and the Organization for the World Anti-Doping Agency have appealed doping charges Contador acquittal the Spanish cycling Federation. Defence of Contador a Spanish Court accepted that he accidentally consumed the banned substance clenbuterol by eating infected beef. under CAS rules, each party to the dispute may choose one arbitrator to cooperate with the Court-appointed Chairman of the legal group. Contador selected HaasWhile the UCI and WADA chose Byrne-Sutton. Contador can keep competing until the verdict, and is scheduled to Race in the Giro d'Italia the next week.Haas is one of the most asked arbitrators about CAS approved list and has a history in matters relating to Spanish cycling and clenbuterol. Served as ruled last year that Alejandro Valverde would be banned from riding in Italy using evidence collected by the Spanish policeduring the investigation of Puerto operation.Valverde's legal team sought to join Haas gave the starting signal case, arguing that the advisory work with WADA's objectivity is at stake, but the appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Switzerland.Haas, teaching Professor at the University of Zurich, helped the rule for two recent cases of clenbuterol, which burns fat and build muscle. American swimmer Jessica Hardy was ordered to serve a one year ban, even if the CAS accepted last year that it was error for a positive test because that investigated thoroughly the contents of a dietary supplement which later proved to be contaminated. 2009, Haas and his table Adam Seroczynski rejected Polish canoeist to the argues that the positive at the summer Olympics in Beijing was the result of clenbuterol "food tampering" by organizers fed the contaminated meat. ILO expert witness in the case rejected the likelihood of accidental contamination.Haas also participated in the event that an error was found with Olympic the WADA-accredited laboratory in Beijing The CAS Panel restored silver and bronze medals Vadim Devyatovskiy and Ivan Tsikhan, hammer throwers from Belarus who tested positive for high testosterone levels, because the samples were unsuccessful. However, the Panel did not clearly athletes suspicion, insisting the verdict "should not be interpreted as a waiver."Barak under the chairmanship of the first CAS to hear the case of the Champions League matchfixing. The Panel upheld the decision of UEFA to exclude Macedonian club Pobeda from European competitions for eight years and life ban for President of the Club if CAS rules against Contador, is likely to be stripped of his third Tour victory and losing all of its results and prize money earned since the UCI lifted the provisional suspension on Contador won the February. Volta of Catalunya and Vuelta Murcia this year and is a strong opponent of Giro Giro Director Angelo Zomegnan. is concerned about the uncertainty over Contador. "Is the same problem as always, for whoever is in this State, "the AP Zomegnan said last week."By now, Alberto Contador was deleted. "___AP sports writer Andrew Dampf in Rome contributed to this report..