"People want Froome's head on the block" Tour de France

"We made a perfectly logical decision and in line with the decision of the WADA World Anti-Doping Agency," says President David Lappartient in the French newspaper Le Figaro.

"Everyone will now lose UCI, but if I receive a letter from AMA on June 28 stating that Froome has not violated the anti-doping rules, I do not see how I can impose a penalty to Froome, "said the French president

. on the outside with the acquittal of the four-time winner of the Tour in a case that dragged on for nine months and in which the Team Sky rider had to account for the excessively high value of the anti-asthmatic drug salbutamol in A doping test at the Tour of Spain last year

The UCI regrets that it took so long. "But Froome was already convicted before a judgment was handed in. People want Froome's head on the block, whether he's guilty or not."

David Lappartient, the head of the UCI

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