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Thursday, November 5, 2009 Schumacher case: CAS ruling in December by Nick Mulder at 8:24 AM EST   comments Categories: Pro Cycling, Doping   After an eight hour hearing yesterday with the International Court of Sport (CAS) it has been concluded that Stefan Schumacher’s fate will not be decided until mid-December. Schumacher went to the CAS to appeal the UCI ruling which imposed a two-year suspension on the German. Michael Lehner, Schumacher’s lawyer, was however quite optimistic, “I am cautiously optimistic - all of our arguments were hear” he told the dpa from Lausanne, Switzerland. Lehner’s main argument did not relate to whether or not Schumacher doped at the Tour but focused on the “unauthorized analysis” emphasizing several errors in the testing procedures, “If the rules are not met, then he has not doped in the legal sense,” claimed Lehner. The former Gerolsteiner rider tested positive twice, once during the 2008 Tour de France, and again during the Olympic games in Beijing. If the CAS does not overturn the UCI decision, than the German is banned from competition for two years, his suspension would then end on January 21st 2011.       comments Follow @Pro_Cycling Tweet Subscribe via RSS or daily email Contact the editor about this article Related Articles German court rules Holczer must have known about doping on Gerolsteiner team Stefan Schumacher wants to return to the Tour de France Vuelta Asturias: Schumacher loses lead to stage winner Moreno Schumacher escapes criminal prosecution Stefan Schumacher motivated for new season Schumacher rejects fraud allegations, says he simply wants to focus on continuing his career Kohl’s manager Matschiner sentenced to 15 months but escapes prison term