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But so far as I understand it, Froome’s AAF was leaked and therefore a breach of both confidentiality and due process.
Because there seems to be at lest some evidence to suggest that it is possible to return an AAF for Salbutamol without exceeding the legal dose, because due process dictates that these cases are conducted in private, and because riders have a right to be treated as innocent until proven guilty, we have no idea how many other riders have been cleared of similar AAFs.
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Hmm. Ok all that well may be true but would the uci not take into account this variability when they set the limit for that particular specified substance in the first place? Possibly not, and it may need reevaluating. However does anybody actually have a figure on the number of pro peloton athletes who have asthma/use inhalers? I’m likely wrong but I have it in my mind it’s quite high, and given that a lot of these inhaler users will be be in a similar physical state to froome, And between the entire peleton get tested so often wouldnt we see a much much higher false positive rate if the limit was so easily exceeded by physiological and QC variability than the 3 or so in the past 4-5 years?