Chris Froome has criticised the head of cycling’s world governing body for speaking publicly about his 2017 failed drugs test.
The four-times Tour de France winner defended his decision to continue to compete while he challenges an adverse finding from the Vuelta a España last September, which indicated double the permitted level of the asthma drug salbutamol in his system.
Froome is competing at the Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy, his second race since the failed test was made public by the Guardian and Le Monde. He plans to ride at the Giro d’Italia in May before attempting to win a fifth Tour de France.
David Lappartient, the president of the UCI, said this week it would damage the credibility of the sport if Froome rode the Tour while his case was unresolved. “That would be a disaster for the image of cycling,” Lappartient said. “[From] a legal point of view he has the right to ride. For the image of our sport that could be a disaster and I don’t want to put our sport in trouble.”
Source : theguardian
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