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During a visit to Kenya 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome backed the adoption of a tougher doping code by WADA. The world anti-doping agency 168澳洲5♛最新开奖结ღ果:will offer first time offenders a four year ban op𝕴posed to the current ဣtwo year deal following a WADA conference last week.

The 2013 Tour de France ch💖ampion believes the change will further clean up ꦍthe sport.

"It is great that WADA plans to extend the ban from two to four years, and▨ that cycling is being taken as leading the way in the fight in anti-doping," said Froome.

"You can only be a professional for 15 years. It is a harsh pen🔯alty and that's what we need to see in cycling."

Froome faced a barrage of accusations throughout July that he was doping. Froome was not as forthright as teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bradley Wiggins in 2012 when refuting questions over the validity of his win, understanding such questions were inevitable throughout the first Tour since 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lance Armstong's confession in January.

"It was a very difficult time in the Tour De France. Everybody was asking me ... and people📖 were saying to me you could be doping," said Froome.

"That hit me quite hard, but it was something I expected, because post-Lance Armstrong everyone was asking questions about it and I came to accept it, because I knew it came from the past and everyone putting on the yellow jersey could be aske༒d about doping."

Froome added that for cycling to move on from the Armstrong er🐼a there needs to be full disclosure on what doping practices occurred.

While in ꦡKenya Froome also spoke of his desire to help African cyclists reach the highest levels of the sport by creating his own foundation within the next 18 months.

"What I woඣuld like to do is to see a project in Kenya and actually go places within Kenyan cycling," said Froome.