Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2017 18:08:55 GMT 1
So Froome provided an extraordinary level of salbutamol in his urine, and potentially will receive a ban from competition. Whenever he has been interviewed he always stated he wanted to win clean, therefore supporting the whole Sky Team philosophy.
Personally I would like to hope this is the case and he was only acting on team doctors advice and feel that he would not knowingly take a prohibited substance and certainly not pearl and enhancing.
However I also feel there is more to this, and Dave Brailsford, as team principal has much to answer for. He certainly is an intelligent man, but does he push the marginal gains beyond ethical and moral levels? I guess it will be down to Froome to stand up for himself. Bang goes his chances of BBC Sports Personality.
As to not allow this to happen in the future the UCI and WADA should put a complete ban on all TUEs to cut out any grey areas and the potential to put a fair and clean athlete in a difficult situation. If the athlete is ill on the day of competition and they are suffering from an illness, in case asthma, they will either perform well below par or withdraw. Yes it is easy to say this and consideration must be given to the time invested in training, sponsors etc. But if they get banned the investment will be tainted anyway.
Personally I would like to hope this is the case and he was only acting on team doctors advice and feel that he would not knowingly take a prohibited substance and certainly not pearl and enhancing.
However I also feel there is more to this, and Dave Brailsford, as team principal has much to answer for. He certainly is an intelligent man, but does he push the marginal gains beyond ethical and moral levels? I guess it will be down to Froome to stand up for himself. Bang goes his chances of BBC Sports Personality.
As to not allow this to happen in the future the UCI and WADA should put a complete ban on all TUEs to cut out any grey areas and the potential to put a fair and clean athlete in a difficult situation. If the athlete is ill on the day of competition and they are suffering from an illness, in case asthma, they will either perform well below par or withdraw. Yes it is easy to say this and consideration must be given to the time invested in training, sponsors etc. But if they get banned the investment will be tainted anyway.
