Vuelta a Espana organisers call for `extreme caution` after Froome Salbutamol result
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Chris Froome (Team Sky) risks being stripped of his Vuelta a España title due to his adverse analytical finding for Salbutamol following stage 18 of this year´s race, but in a statement on Wednesday morning, the Vuelta organisation said that it had yet to receive formal notification of the matter. Froome sealed a Tour de France-Vuelta a España double in September after leading the race for 18 of its 21 stages. The Briton surprisingly emerged as a belated Grand Tour contender by placing second at the Vuelta in 2011, and went on to place on the podium in 2014 and 2016 before landing victory this year. `Regarding today´s news about Christopher Froome´s unfavourable test result during La Vuelta 2017, Unipublic, the organiser of La Vuelta, wishes to communicate that it will await the UCI´s official conclusions,` Unipublic said in a statement issued on Wednesday morning.ADVERTISEMENT `The regulatory entity has launched an investigation and the position of La Vuelta´s organiser is one of extreme caution, as it hopes for this issue to be resolved as quickly as possible.` Froome returned an adverse analytical finding for twice the permissible dose of Salbutamol on September 7 following stage 18 to Alto de Santo Toribio de Liébana, where he put 21 seconds on his closest rival Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida). Froome and Team Sky was notified of the finding on September 20, the day he finished third in the elite men´s time trial at the UCI World Championships in Bergen. The result was later confirmed by analysis of the B-Sample. Chris Froome returns adverse analytical finding for Salbutamol Will Chris Froome`s Salbutamol result sink Team Sky? Vuelta a Espana organisers call for `extreme caution` after Froome Salbutamol result Nibali: Chris Froome Salbutamol case is terrible for the sport   Delgado`s reaction You can read more at Cyclingnews.com