Chris Froome fails drug test

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:The problem is now that in cycling most of them claim to have minor asthma and take this drug, which is allowed up to a certain dosage. Froome unfortunately overdosed on in to twice the legal amount. Obviously he broke the rules without permission and should be punished for it but its not at the same level as some other drugs cheating by others in my opinion. I would put it on a similar level to Sharapova taking a drug that she claimed not to realise was now banned.

Partridge Iciclebubbles wrote:I am not sure overdosing on asthma medicine counts as doping, but I think it's time to just let cyclists use all the drugs that they want. Let's get Lance Armstrong back!

DML wrote:

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:The problem is now that in cycling most of them claim to have minor asthma and take this drug, which is allowed up to a certain dosage. Froome unfortunately overdosed on in to twice the legal amount. Obviously he broke the rules without permission and should be punished for it but its not at the same level as some other drugs cheating by others in my opinion. I would put it on a similar level to Sharapova taking a drug that she claimed not to realise was now banned.

Not innocent old Sharapova from the country so wrapped up in cheating its been banned from the Olympics?

Froome is guilty. Nothing more to say.

The Team Sky rider had double the allowed level of legal asthma drug Salbutamol in his urine.

Froome says he took his team doctor's advice to up his inhaler use after his asthma symptoms got worse during the Vuelta.

mcjihge2 wrote:

The Team Sky rider had double the allowed level of legal asthma drug Salbutamol in his urine.

Froome says he took his team doctor's advice to up his inhaler use after his asthma symptoms got worse during the Vuelta.

How the strawberry float have all these cyclists got asthma? The answer is have they strawberry float. They just take the drugs to enhance thier performance. Cheating scum.

An assessment of the British Cycling team before the 2004 Olympics showed that around 40 per cent had asthma compared to only about eight per cent of the general population. For Dickinson, this discrepancy stands to reason.

“Athletes are far more prone to asthma-related problems, mainly because of the environments they’re exposed to and the conditions required by the sport, such as the high breathing rates over prolonged periods.

“Cycling is done outdoors, often in dry, polluted air — there are lots of reasons for the high prevalence.”

Given that amateur riders are exposed to as many asthma-triggering factors as the pros perhaps even more in some cases, e.g. urban commuters breathing polluted air — we are just as likely to develop symptoms.