Chris Froome buried under Team Sky’s cumulative baggage of allegations | William Fotheringham

Dec 16, 2017

Whether Froome is cleared or banned over Vuelta a España doping test, Team Sky credibility has plunged such depths the court of public opinion is already making its own judgment

It is more than 23 years since the curious case of Miguel Induráin, the then four-time Tour winner who ended up being declared “positive in France” for elevated levels of the asthma cure salbutamol, which was banned at the time in that country. It will be no comfort to another four‑times Tour winner, Chris Froome, that the substance is nothing new in cycling.

For almost three months, the Team Sky leader has been involved in a battle to retain his first Vuelta a España victory after an adverse analytical finding for that same asthma cure, which is “restricted” – permitted under a certain limit – exceeded in a urine sample taken after stage 18.

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