The organiser of the 2018 Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol has said that it will be "a pleasure and an honour" to have Chris Froome (Team Sky) back on the start line of the Spanish race this year.
Organiser Joaquin Cuevas told Spanish news agency EFE that Sky had indicated to him two weeks ago that Froome wanted to take part in the five-day stage race, also known as the Vuelta a Andalucia, or just the Ruta del Sol.
Cuevas insisted that Froome, who will make his season debut in Andalucia, "could compete because the UCI has yet to take a position concerning his case."
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It will be Froome's first appearance in a UCI-ranked road race since the Road World Championships last year, where he took bronze in the time trial, and since news broke of his Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) for salbutamol over the winter.
Cuevas also recalled that Froome had won the overall in his last participation in the Ruta del Sol, back in 2015, and that this year's stage 2 summit finish on Allanadas is the same climb where Froome took a stage win en route to that overall victory.
The Ruta del Sol starts on Wednesday, February 14 on the Mediterranean coastal resort of Mijas and finishes with an individual time trial in Barbate in western Andalucia.
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