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cycling: Christopher Froome with a positive drug test

13 December 2017 by Joseph Kucher

christopher froome positive doping test

Four-time Tour de France winner Christopher Froome tested positive for high levels of the asthma drug salbutamol, as confirmed by the B sample. Froome suffers from asthma and takes salbutamol regularly. At one stage of this year's Vuelta, too much of the drug was detected. According to the rules of the UCI, he is not initially blocked but only has to explain himself first.

A comprehensive article and reactions to the positive doping test can be found here:

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More than Joseph Kucher

Joseph Kuchler was an active XC racer when he was young and meanwhile studied media management in Munich. Back in his Lower Bavarian homeland, he can often be found on the trails in the Bavarian Forest.

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