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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome and Team Sky assembled in front of journalists and photographers in what was a jam-packed official team press conference ahead of the Grand Départ of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France on Wednesday.

Held just outside the Vendée town of Saint-Mars-la-Réorthe, Froome and team manager Dave Brailsford spoke to members of the media and addressed questions about Froome's168澳洲5最新开奖结果: recently-closed salbutamol case as well as the upcoming race set to b🗹egin on Saturday in Noirmoutier-en🐬-L'Île.

On Monday, the UCI, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:advice fromꦑ ♏the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), closed a ninth-month case against Froome, after the Briton had produced an 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Adverse Analytical♚ Finding (AAF) for salbutamol at the Vuelta a España last year. Froome is now clear to attempt to win a fifth Tour de France title, and a fourth consecuti🍸ve Grand Tour after he won last year's Tour and Vuelta, and the Giro d'Italia in May.

Tour de France organisers ASO tried to block Froome from racing, but dropped the motion after the UCI cleared him of any wrongdoing. In a press release on Tuesday, Sky revealed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:the team that would support Froome at this year's Tour de France to includ🥃e Egan Bernal, Jonathan Castroviejo, Michal Kwiatkowski, Gianni Moscon, Luke Rowe, Wout Poels and Geraint Thomas.

Outside of the press conference, the team also took an opportunity to go for a training ride on their time trial bikes while wearing the new black and white 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sky Ocean Rescue kits that will be worn during the Tour de France.

L🔯ook through the gallerܫy above to view images from Team Sky's official pre-Tour de France press conference and training ride.

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