Cycling: "Abgekartetes Spiel" at Froome? – Winner of the Tour under pressure

Anti-doping experts ask for clarification on Froome's controversial acquittal, and the French press predicts a serious British champion three weeks.

Chris Froome is legally on his way before the start of the 105th Tour De France on Saturday, on the island of Noirmoutier, the Atlantic has crossed all obstacles. The question remains how the new winner of the Giro, en route to his fifth round of triumph, faces the extraordinary pressure that will not only produce competitors. His coach Tim Kerrison is convinced: "If Chris is required, he can put everything aside and deliver."

Anti-doping expert Fritz Sörgel criticized the free ticket for the four-time winner and the UCI's the International Cycling Federation. as requested by the WADA Global Anti-Doping Agency as a precursor to the transparency of acquittal. "It sounds like a timely match: the tour threatens – the UCI delivers with the help of the AMA," said the pharmacologist of the German news agency. Salbutamol was not considered doping.

The departure ban issued by the ASO organizer immediately prior to the UCI's decision proved to be an empty threat that does not even not lasted 24 hours. Sörgel suspects that a controversial study from the Netherlands could have been the basis of the official start permit.

A scientific inquiry at the center of the "Human Drug Research" in Leiden would have proved that the tests used to detect traces of salbutamol be inaccurate. The Times reported in May. The study – allegedly with tests on dogs – shows that in 14.5% of the cases studied, inaccurate values, most of them higher, were measured in the urine, although the number of patients in the study was higher. AMA approved 1000 nanograms. Froome had been tested in 1920 at the Vuelta in Spain with 1920 nanograms per milliliter of urine

Australian colleague Sörgels Robin Parisotto told the internet platform cyclingnews: "It is difficult to understand that a such level of salbutamol was not considered a manipulation is.Sörgel explained: "If the AMA can not prove that its own limit is binding, it can conclude." According to the Nuremberg scientist, "the athletes of many disciplines swear by salbutamol because of its regenerative properties "

Froome could face tough weeks in France.The 33-year-old is still the disgusting urine attack of the Tour 2015 in memory. "It remains to be seen how Froome is received by the public. One can seriously doubt that the implementation of the procedure is sufficient to alleviate the doubts that some supporters have towards him ", wrote" L'Equipe ".

In front of the man with the number 1 in Tour As Lance Armstrong once wanted to be accompanied by a bodyguard, "the traps of the track, a cohort of ambitious rivals and a great unknown, the reaction of the public," wrote the "Figaro." The legend of French cycling Bernard Hinault even called for a pilots' strike against Froome.