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Agence France-Presse

Four-time Tour de France champion Chris Froome said he has not broken any rules after returning an “adverse” drugs test result during his victory at this year’s Vuelta a Espana.
The British cyclist was found to have twice the permissible amount of legal asthma drug Salbutamol in his system during September’s race.
“I understand this comes as a big shock to people,” Froome told the BBC. “I certainly haven’t broken any rules here.”
World governing body the UCI has asked Team Sky rider Froome, 32, to provide more information, but has not suspended him.
Cyclists can take Salbutamol without needing a therapeutic use exemption (TUE), but only up to certain levels.
Froome said he simply upped his dosage on the advice of the team doctor after his asthma symptoms got worse.

“I have been a professional cyclist now, treating my symptoms and racing with asthma, for 10 years,” said Froome.
“I know what those rules are, I know what those limits are and I have never been over those limits.
“I have got a very clear routine when I use my inhaler and how many times. I have given all that information to the UCI to help get to the bottom of it.”
Froome became the first British rider to triumph at the Vuelta and only the third cyclist to have completed the Tour-Vuelta double in the same year.
With four Tour wins, he is one of the most successful riders in the race’s history.
Asked if he felt Wednesday’s revelations had damaged his standing in the sport, Froome replied: “No.”
He added: “I can understand a lot of people’s reactions, especially given the history of the sport. This is not a positive test.
“The sport is coming from a very dark background and I have tried to do everything through my career to show that the sport has turned around.”


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Chris Froome in action during the 12th stage of the Vuelta a Espana. Photo: EPA

FILE - In this Wednesday July 17, 2013 file photo, stage winner, overall leader and best climber Christopher Froome of Britain enters the doping control facility after the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race an individual time trial over 32 kilometers (20 miles) with start in Embrun and finish in Chorges, France. Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome has been required by cycling's governing body to provide information after he returned an abnormal doping test for an asthma drug at the Vuelta. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

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Team Sky’s British cyclist Chris Froome (centre) riding in Madrid during the 21st and last stage of La Vuelta. Photos: AFP

(FILES) This file photo taken on July 14, 2016 shows Britain's Christopher Froome, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, crossing the finish line of the 178 km twelvelth stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Montpellier and Chalet Reynard. Froome, four-time winner of the Tour de France, has been tested positive for the bronchodilator 'Salbutamol' during the 2017 Tour of Spain that he won, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said in a statement on December 13, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 10, 2017 shows Team Sky's British cyclist Chris Froome celebrating on the podium winning the 72nd edition of "La Vuelta" Tour of Spain cycling race, in Madrid. Froome, four-time winner of the Tour de France, has been tested positive for the bronchodilator 'Salbutamol' during the 2017 Tour of Spain that he won, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said in a statement on December 13, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JOSE JORDAN

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Tour de France winner to provide more information to cycling governing body UCI over asthma drug