With Vuelta title in jeopardy, Chris Froome says he was following doctor’s orders
Mumbai — Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome said on Wednesday he followed medical advice by taking an increased dosage of asthma medication at the Vuelta a Espana in September. Cycling’s world governing body, UCI, has notified the Briton of an "adverse analytical finding" from a blood sample taken after Stage 18 of the race. The sample had double the permissible limit of Salbutamol, which is permitted as a legal asthma drug by the Word Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). "It is well known that I have asthma and I know exactly what the rules are," the Team Sky rider, who won the Vuelta, said in a statement. "I use an inhaler to manage my symptoms (always within the permissible limits) and I know for sure that I will be tested every day I wear the race leader’s jersey. "My asthma got worse at the Vuelta so I followed the team doctor’s advice to increase my Salbutamol dosage. "As always, I took the greatest care to ensure that I did not use more than the permissible dose." The UCI sai...
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