The organizers of the trip want to give a departure ban to Froome

Tour organizers want to ban Froome

PARIS. Rad: The defending champion should not be allowed to drive because of the doping procedure, tomorrow decide an arbitral tribunal.

Last year, the world was for Captain Sky after his fourth win in France. d & # 39; agreement. Bild: Reuters

After many scandals and doping cuts on the lists of winners, the Tour de France is more than ever aware of its reputation. Why the organizers are now resorting to a drastic measure. According to an article in the newspaper "Le Monde", the ban on taking part in four tournaments, Christopher Froome, doped for months, will be obtained from the 105th edition from Saturday.

The protest of his racing team Ciel against the refusal Froomes must be treated according to "The World" by the Court of Arbitration of the National Olympic Committee of France tomorrow and the decision will be communicated the next day. The case could also be referred to the Supreme Court of Sports Lausanne.

Brit Froome, 33, who recently won the Giro, was on his way to victory in the Tour of Spain in September 2017, with a value of the asthmatic agent salbutamol being tested. According to the UCI regulations, it is not a case of doping, but an "abnormal test result" and Froome can continue to run. But he has to prove that there was no intention to manipulate it. This attempt to reach the team's lawyers with opinions, an end to the case is not in sight.

It is entirely possible that Froome, but via the court could force his departure. With paragraph 28 in their regulations, the tour leaders were already destroyed nine years ago in the case of Tom Boonen in 2009. The Belgian clbadical specialist had been taken several times with cocaine and should be detained from departure. Even then, the organizers' attempt went nowhere

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