Open letter from Froome: "The French public is fair"

La Roche-sur-Yon (SID) One day before the start of the 105th Tour de France, the controversial cycling star Christopher Froome addressed fans in an open letter in the daily newspaper Le Monde and once again protested his innocence after his acquittal in the asthma drug affair. "Winning any race based on a lie would be a personal defeat for me. I would never let that happen," wrote the Brit. Defending champion and Sky captain Froome, who was booed and whistled at the team presentation in La Roche-sur-Yon on Thursday evening, called for fair behavior towards him. "I can't wait to step onto the most beautiful stage in cycling in front of the most passionate fans. I would never act disrespectfully towards the yellow jersey," wrote the 33-year-old: "I'm proud to start the Tour as defending champion, and "I will give everything to win the maillot jaune again. I know that the French public is fair, but may not know all the facts of my case." After World Association President David Lappartient, Tour boss Christian Prudhomme also called for fair treatment of Froome and called on fans to be "calm": "I'm not deaf, I heard that Chris Froome and the Sky team were booed." , says Prudhomme: "It is still necessary to clarify things, to show people that there is no point in whistling." Froome admitted in his letter that the positive test for the drug salbutamol during the 2017 Tour of Spain "raised legitimate questions - not least from me. The decision by the cycling association UCI and WADA confirmed that I had done nothing wrong . I hope this helps remove the shadows of doubt and allows everyone to focus on racing." Froome would like the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to publish scientific studies on the current testing procedure "to exonerate me and avoid putting other clean athletes in a similar situation."

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Open letter from Froome: "The French public is fair"

One day before the start of the 105th Tour de France, the controversial cycling star Christopher Froome addressed fans in an open letter in the daily newspaper Le Monde and once again protested his innocence after his acquittal in the asthma drug affair.

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