Froome faces tough questions after positive Vuelta tests
Cyclist found to have double the permissible limit of asthma drug
Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome could potentially be stripped of his Vuelta a Espana title after a urine test he gave during the race in September showed excessive levels of an asthma medication. The 32-year-old Briton, who rides for Team Sky, says he has done nothing wrong and would provide "whatever information" world cycling’s governing body, the UCI, requires. Froome became the first British rider to win the Vuelta and the first man to claim a Tour de France/Vuelta double in the same season since the Spanish race was moved to a date after the Tour. Regarded as one of cycling’s greats, Froome is a favourite to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award for the first time in December. His spectacular year is now under a cloud, however, and he and his Sky team will need to convince the UCI that there was nothing sinister about the amount of Salbutamol that showed up in his urine sample after Stage 18 on September 7. Salbutamol is permitted as a legal asthma drug ...
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