Cyclo-cross star Mathieu van der Poel has said Chris Froome should be suspended for his Adverse Analytic Finding (AAF) for salbutamol, describing the Briton's case as 'very stupid' and accusing the UCI of allowing it to happen due to thresholds for certain medicines.
Froome sparked an AAF in the final week of the 2017 Vuelta a España as he fought for overall victory. Twice the permitted 1,000ng/ml level of salbutamol was found in his urine and he could now lose his Grand Tour win and face a ban from the sport. Because salbutamol is a 'specified' substance on WADA's prohibited list, Froome has not been provisionally suspended and has set the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France as his major goals of 2018.
To avoid a conviction, Froome and his legal team must convince the anti-doping authorities that he did not exceed permitted dosage and that his sample was skewed by other factors, such as dehydration.
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Team Sky manager Dave Brailsford suggested that "there are complex medical and physiological issues which affect the metabolism and excretion of salbutamol."
He added, "I have the utmost confidence that Chris followed the medical guidance in managing his asthma symptoms, staying within the permissible dose for salbutamol."
Earlier on Thursday, former Tour de France winner Greg LeMond criticized Froome, labelling his expected defence as "ridiculous".
When it was put to LeMond that Froome may claim he took three puffs of his inhaler just before providing his sample to anti-doping after stage 18 of the Vuelta, the American said: "Give me a break."
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