Mauro Vegni, the organiser of the Giro d’Italia, has told Cyclingnews that Chris Froome is welcome at the 2018 Italian Grand Tour but warned that he will not accept Froome losing overall victory if he wins the Giro but is then disqualified due to his salbutamol case from the 2017 Vuelta a Espana.
Vegni is determined to avoid a repeat of the 2011 Contador affair, when the Spaniard tested positive at the 2010 Tour de France, won the 2011 Giro d’Italia, only to be disqualified from the Corsa Rosa results as part as his doping sanction.
Team Sky has announced that Froome will return to racing at next week’s Ruta del Sol as he tries to clear his name and explain why more than double the allowed limit of salbutamol was found in a urine sample taken after stage 17 of the Vuelta a Espana. Because salbutamol is a specified substance, Froome is allowed to continue to race until the case is resolved, although the UCI president David Lappartient and a number of riders have called on Froome and Team Sky to avoid racing during the investigation.
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Froome’s race programme will reportedly include Tirreno-Adriatico (March 7-13) and then the Tour of the Alps (April 16-20). The Giro d’Italia starts in Israel on Friday, May 4.
Vegni is resigned to allowing Froome to ride the Giro d’Italia but is angry that the case is dragging on without a verdict in sight.
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