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Given the apparently high prevalence of asthma in the pro peleton, and the lack of regular positives, then you could argue that the (very) arbitrary limit is more or less set to the right level.
We don’t know if there are many other cases like this though, as the process for an AAF is to give the athlete a chance to explain how it happened. There could be dozens of cases like this where the explanation has been accepted and no further action taken. We just don’t know.
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Given the apparently high prevalence of asthma in the pro peleton, and the lack of regular positives, then you could argue that the (very) arbitrary limit is more or less set to the right level.
If you were Froome's doctor, surely you would have reviewed the above studies and worked out the maximum permitted doses that he could take, and be at 0% risk of ever reaching the limit, even when dehydrated, up a mountain, etc.
I would have thought that a team doctor must balance three things, the riders health, the riders performance and their ability to pass all required doping tests and rules.