Repeated questions on doping irk Froome
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July 16, 2013, Tuesday
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THE team of Tour de France leader Chris Froome volunteered yesterday to open up to independent scrutiny all of its training secrets to try to prove "beyond reasonable doubt" that the Briton is riding clean.
Froome's evident physical superiority at the 100th Tour has raised eyebrows, practically inevitable in the climate of suspicion that haunts cycling after the downfall of Lance Armstrong. That despite the anti-doping controls that are rigorous and invasive.
"I just think it's quite sad that we're sitting here the day after the biggest victory of my life ... quite a historic win, talking about doping," Froome said. "Here I am basically being accused of being a cheat and a liar and that's not cool."
"To compare me with Lance, I mean, Lance cheated. I'm not cheating. End of story."
"Every day we get asked the same question and I can assure you that we are thinking very, very hard about the optimal way of proving to you guys that we're not doping," Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford said.
He suggested the World Anti-Doping Agency could help by appointing an expert who could pore over every facet of Froome's preparations for the Tour he's now leading by more than four minutes, with just six stages left to the finish in Paris.
Froome's evident physical superiority at the 100th Tour has raised eyebrows, practically inevitable in the climate of suspicion that haunts cycling after the downfall of Lance Armstrong. That despite the anti-doping controls that are rigorous and invasive.
"I just think it's quite sad that we're sitting here the day after the biggest victory of my life ... quite a historic win, talking about doping," Froome said. "Here I am basically being accused of being a cheat and a liar and that's not cool."
"To compare me with Lance, I mean, Lance cheated. I'm not cheating. End of story."
"Every day we get asked the same question and I can assure you that we are thinking very, very hard about the optimal way of proving to you guys that we're not doping," Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford said.
He suggested the World Anti-Doping Agency could help by appointing an expert who could pore over every facet of Froome's preparations for the Tour he's now leading by more than four minutes, with just six stages left to the finish in Paris.
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