Chris Froome, "a Disaster For Cycling"?

[Khandro]

I've never liked the look of this guy and some of us couldn't understand how he could be putting out so much power on the few occasions when he wasn't being towed, it looks like the answer is another Sky saga ready to emerge.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/42367974

[emmie]

Froome had double the permitted level of legal asthma drug
salbutamol in his urine in his 2017 Vuelta a Espana win.

how could that make him go faster, just being able to breathe easier.. surely?

[Bazile]

emmie

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/salbutamol-what-is-drug-chris-froome-ban-team-sky-tour-de-france-vuelta-a-espana-a8107446.html

[emmie]

so twice the permitted dose,

[dannyk13]

I have had a Salbutamol inhaler for quite a number of years but it has never made me go faster (I wish)

[ichkeria]

It is a permitted drug but only in regulated doses. I hope Froome clears his name: he gets dog’s abuse for some reason from lots of quarters - Wiggins’ wife called him a ‘slimy reptile’ on twitter before apologising.

[Bazile]

Could it be that anything above the permitted dose , gives him an advantage over other cyclists ; in that he is able to exert more effort , because he is breathing more 'efficiently / better' , than the other cyclists ?

[emmie]

baz
maybe..

[dannyk13]

800 Micrograms is the NHS recommended limit for anyone using this drug.If Froome has taken 1,600 micrograms he is a fool

[Cloverjo]

It's a shame for the sport. It sounds like he was doing whatever he could get away with, but someone misjudged the dosage.

[emeritus]

I believe Salbutamol can be used as a masking agent for other drugs

[dannyk13]

Looking at some of the side effects, listed here, I am surprised that any athlete would overuse this product.
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/allergy-and-asthma/a8236/ventolin-salbutamol/

[ChillDoubt]

I believe that the whole matter will be cleared up quite easily. No, salbutamol is not a PED. Yes, he had double the permitted dose on ONE day only, when he had been suffering more than usual. As one BBC reporter said he is renowned for coughing and spluttering during post-stage interviews, such is his condition.
Hand on heart I believe Froome took it without realising the possible repercussions. As another expert has said, adverse conditions such as dehydration can render the body unable to metabolise certain medications at their normal rate.
Froome would have been tested every single day during the TdF and La Vuelta.
His case and that of Bradley Wiggins are poles apart. Wiggins took advantage of his condition and used a TUE in order to use a PED. Froome and the rest of Team Sky were apoplectic when the truth came out.
Froome has nothing to hide, he has always been open, honest and publishes his training/clinical data for scrutiny and I’m confident he will be cleared and vindicated.

[ichkeria]

I agree

[Hopkirk]

Oh come on. He was taking it for performance enhancement and has been caught out. Another cheating athlete.

[Khandro]

Chill; //Froome has nothing to hide,//
It would be nice for British cycling and the sport in general if you were correct, but I fear you stand rather alone on that.
Wasn't it you who has in the past questioned his power output?
Having said that, I don't think the blame should rest solely with the athletes themselves, who are not doctors, but with the drug administrators, such as Sky's Italian doctor who administered dope to Armstrong?

[ChillDoubt]

Wasn't it you who has in the past questioned his power output?
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Nope, definitely not me, I’ve never questioned Froome nor his stats. He has been open and honest about his TUE when he required it, to the point that he refused one when competing in the Dauphine/TdF in 2012, if memory serves.
As I said, this is one anomaly in a whole summer of competition when he would have been tested rigorously almost every day. Were the substance in question have been a PED I’d have had a different view of matters, but I honestly believe Froome is above all that, unlike his former team mate whose wife has a little too much to say for herself.

[ChillDoubt]

Oh come on. He was taking it for performance enhancement and has been caught out.
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But salbutamol is not a PED, hence it’s not garnering as much attention as the Fancy Bears story, despite much sensationalism by the BBC.

[murraymints]

cycling seems to be plagued with such matters....kind of takes the shine off the sport I think

[Zacs-Master]

As Chill has said, if he had his TUE approved, he’s in the clear. If not......

[Peter Pedant]

chris froome is a walking bag of steroids - true or false ?

but how does this affect the price of potatoes or Brexit ?