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Another "disaster" for cycling

Vuelta de Espana winned, Chris Froome
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World cycling has been rocked by another drugs scandal, this time involving four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome.


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By Carlo Oreglia

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World cycling has been rocked by another drugs scandal, this time involving four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome.


Former UCI president Pat McQuaid has called Chris Froome's adverse drugs test "a disaster" for cycling.

The British cyclist has been found to have exceeded the limit on the drug Salbutamol set by the World Anti Doping Agency.

The positive sample was taken during this year's Vuelta e Espana, which he won.

Froome has not been suspended but could be stripped of his Spanish Grand Tour title and may miss next year's Tour de France if he cannot satisfactorily explain the result.


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