HOW THE DRAMA UNFOLDED
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
Froome has a dope test after stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana.
SEPTEMBER 10
Froome wins the Vuelta, becoming the first rider since 1978 to take the Tour de France and Vuelta in the same year.
SEPTEMBER 20
He is informed his Vuelta test showed there was double the permitted level of the asthma drug salbutamol in his system.
NOVEMBER 29
Froome announces he will race in 2018 Giro d’Italia. Test results are still under wraps.
DECEMBER 13
Le Monde reveals Froome’s salbutamol test for the first time. He admits the test is damaging but says it was ‘not a positive test. I will clear my name’.
FEBRUARY 13, 2018
The UCI, cycling’s world governing body, take the case to anti-doping tribunal.
MARCH 30
Sportsmail reports UCI has rejected his explanation for the salbutamol test. The case is still unresolved. ed.
MAY 27
Froome wins the he Giro d’Italia, becoming the third man in history to hold all three Tours.
YESTERDAY
Tour de France forbid him from m starting their race on Saturday. ay.