CYCLING CONTROVERSY
Froome issue ‘a laughing stock’, says Romain Bardet
Paris —Leading French rider Romain Bardet has called cycling "a laughing stock" for failing to announce any sanctions against Chris Froome since his adverse doping test during 2017’s Vuelta a Espana was revealed. In an interview with French sports daily L’Equipe, Bardet, who has finished on the podium in the Tour de France in each of the last two years, also said he doubted the British rider would be cleared. "I would like to believe in Chris Froome’s good faith, but when you go over the limit, the rules provide for sanctions. We can no longer be permissive about this," Bardet said. Bardet finished second on the Tour in 2016 and then third last year, both times behind Froome, who has won the race in four of the last five years. Froome and his Team Sky revealed in December that the 32-year-old had tested for elevated levels of the asthma medication salbutamol during the Vuelta, which he won for the first time, in September. Although salbutamol is permitted in certain doses, Froome ga...
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