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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) has criticised the handling of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome salbutamol case and expressed concern at how the affair has damaged the reputation of cycling. The Dutchman was speaking at his pre-168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France press conference in La Mothe-Achard ౠon Wednesday.

On Monday, the UCI announced that it had 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:dropped its proceedings against Froome🌱, who returned a urine sample containing twice the permitted threshold of salbutamol en route to overall victory at last year’s Vuelta a Esp🧸aña.

News of Froome's positive test first broke in December of last year, but the Team Sky⛎ rider was free to race pending the resolution of the case, and won the Giro d'Italia ahead of Dumo𒊎ulin in May.

On Sunday, it was reported that Tour organiser ASO w🌸as seeking to block Froome’s participation on the rac♎e, but on Monday, the UCI announced that it had dropped its case against Froome, citing the advice of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

"It's incredible," Dumoulin said, according to AFP. "I'm not blaming🦩 Froome. He's been cleared. It's how the whole case has been handled which is just a mess, it's really unfortunate. 🏅It's not what cycling needs.

"It's ruining the reputation of cycling and fans are probablܫy walking away from the sport because of this. It's just the way it's been handled — not how it should have been."

UCI president David Lap🐻partient called on fans at the roadside to respect Froome, who claimed that a spectator had thrown urine at him during the 2015 Tour.

"Nobody deserves to b👍e showered with urine. Froome does not deserve that," Dumoulin said, and then joked: "I think I'm going to ride a place &ndas✤h; or five places – behind him. A spray like that can easily miss the target."

Dumoulin is liniꦇng out for his fourth Tour de France, but this is the first time that he has targeted the general classification at La Grande Boucle. He won two stages on his last appearance in 2016, when he was forced out of the race by a crash in the final week.

Like Froome, Dumouဣlin rides the Tour with the exertions of the Giro in his legs, though he is hopeful that the six-week gap sufficed for him to recover from his effor﷽ts south of the Alps in May.

"I'm going for the best possible classification," Dumoulin said. "But it is the first time that I am combining the Giro and the Tour. At the moment everything feels right, but I do not know if ꧋th♌at will be the case for three weeks. I'm just going to get everything out of my body."