Froome ultimatum

Tour de France organisers will refuse to let Chris Froome race in this year’s event if his salbutamol case has not been resolved, Press Association Sport understands. The four-time Tour champion returned an adverse finding for the asthma drug during his winning ride at last year’s Vuelta a Espana. The British cyclist denies any wrongdoing and is continuing to race this season, as is his right under the World AntiDoping Agency’s rules, while his team of lawyers and scientists work on an explanation for the adverse sample, which contained twice the allowed concentration of the drug.