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Chris Froome: 'I will provide whatever information it requires.'

Froome could be stripped of Vuelta title

Chris Froome has vowed to provide whatever information is required by the UCI about his use of medication for asthma during the 2017 Vuelta a Espana after a urine test revealed a concentration of Salbutamol double the WADA threshold.

Cycling • 13 Dec 17

Froome wears the red jersey of the Vuelta a Espana winner

Froome aiming for historic Grand Tour treble

Chris Froome is aiming to achieve 'something special' next year as he bids to hold all three for cycling's Grand Tour titles at the same time.

Cycling • 29 Nov 17

Chris Froome won the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana this year

David Walsh: I believe Chris Froome is clean

David Walsh has defended Chris Froome's achievements in cycling, saying there is "no evidence" that the British multiple Grand Tour champion has used performance-enhancing drugs.

Cycling • 20 Sep 17

'Nothing is impossible' says double winner Froome

Chris Froome says "nothing is impossible" after his historic Tour de France and La Vuelta double.

Cycling • 11 Sep 17

Froome's La Vuelta victory seals incredible double

Chris Froome became the first Briton to win the Vuelta a Espana and the third rider to win a double of the Tour de France and Vuelta in the same season when he finished the race by retaining his advantage over Vincenzo Nibali on Sunday.

Cycling • 10 Sep 17

Froome tightens Vuelta grip & closes on historic double

Chris Froome is set to become the first man to win the Tour de France and La Vuelta in the same year since 1978 after defending the red jersey in Saturday's penultimate stage.

Cycling • 09 Sep 17

Chris Froome stretched his lead at the Vuelta

Froome rebounds to gain ground on Nibali

Chris Froome rebounded superbly to increase his overall lead in the Vuelta a Espana with a lightning late attack which left nearest challenger Vincenzo Nibali in his wake on Thursday's 18th stage.

Cycling • 07 Sep 17

Chris Froome sprints to win the 16th stage of 'La Vuelta'

Froome cements Vuelta lead with time-trial win

Chris Froome tightened his grip on the overall lead at La Vuelta by coasting to victory in the stage 16 time trial from Circuito de Navarra to Logrono.

Cycling • 05 Sep 17

Chris Froome is closing in on another Grand Tour win

Froome moves a minute clear in the Vuelta

Chris Froome extended his overall lead in La Vuelta after Colombian rider Miguel Angel Lopez won the mountainous 129-kilometre 15th stage from Alcala la Real to Sierra Nevada.

Cycling • 03 Sep 17

Chris Froome is bidding to become only the third rider to win La Vuelta and the Tour de France in the same year

Froome holds on to La Vuelta lead, Majka wins stage

Chris Froome retained the lead in La Vuelta as Bora-Hansgrohe's Rafal Majka soloed to victory on stage 14 from Ecija to Sierra de La Pandera.

Cycling • 02 Sep 17

Matteo Trentin claimed his third Vuelta stage win

Trentin outsprints rivals for third Vuelta stage win

Matteo Trentin completed a hat-trick of stage wins in the Vuelta A Espana by finishing fastest in the bunch sprint at the end of Stage 13 while Chris Froome retained his overall lead.

Cycling • 01 Sep 17

Roche loses ground in La Vuelta

Nicolas Roche's La Vuelta challenge faltered badly this afternoon as the Irish rider dropped from third to 11th overall after finishing 28th on the 187.5-kilometres route from Lorca to Observatorio Astronomico de Calar Alto.

Cycling • 30 Aug 17

Roche holds tight to third at Vuelta

Chris Froome continued his assault on the Vuelta A Espana with an explosive late sprint on the Puig Llorenc climb to win stage nine, while Nicholas Roche finished ninth to remain third overall

Cycling • 27 Aug 17

Nicolas Roche is keep the pressure up on Chris Froome

Ireland's Nicolas Roche back up to third at Vuelta

Ireland's Nicolas Roche moved back up to third place in the general classification of the Vuelta a Espana after stage six from Vila-real to Sagunt.

Cycling • 24 Aug 17

Roche loses ground but stays in touch at Vuelta

Ireland's Nicolas Roche lost ground on race leader Chris Froome at the Vuelta a Espana after the fifth stage from Benicassim to Alcossebre, but he remains very much in the hunt for the red jersey, albeit in the early stages of the three-week race.

Cycling • 23 Aug 17

Alberto Contador bows out of professional cycling this year

Contador honoured with number one jersey at Vuelta

Triple winner Alberto Contador will wear bib number one in his farewell Vuelta a Espana later this month as the Spaniard prepares to bring his career to and end.

Cycling • 08 Aug 17

Chris Froome is aiming to be the first rider since 1978 to complete the Tour-Vuelta double

Froome now sets his sights on Vuelta glory

Chris Froome will not spend long celebrating his fourth Tour de France victory as he immediately eyes a second grand tour of the season.

Cycling • 24 Jul 17

Chris Froome toasts his latest Tour de France triumph

Froome secures fourth Tour win as Martin finishes sixth

Chris Froome savoured his fourth Tour de France title as Dan Martin secured a best-ever sixth place finish after stage 21 of the race in Paris

Cycling • 23 Jul 17

Froome is closing in on his fourth Tour de France title

Cookson: Froome detractors are regrettable

World cycling boss Brian Cookson says it is "regrettable" that anyone would try to talk down Chris Froome's achievements as he stands on the brink of a fourth Tour de France title.

Cycling • 23 Jul 17

Chris Froome after retaining the yellow jersey

Froome on the verge of another Tour de France win

Chris Froome is set to win his fourth Tour de France title after increasing his lead in Saturday's penultimate time trial in Marseille.

Cycling • 22 Jul 17

Froome keeps a watching brief on his rivals

Froome fends off threats as Martin holds on to sixth

Chris Froome conceded four seconds to Romain Bardet on the Col d'Izoard but took another step towards his fourth Tour de France title as Warren Barguil won stage 18.

Cycling • 20 Jul 17

Dan Martin is fifth in the overall standings in France

Dan Martin keeping his cool as he stalks Tour leaders

Dan Martin sits just 72 seconds off the lead of the Tour de France, but the Irishman could hardly be more relaxed as he insists it is just another bike race.

Cycling • 17 Jul 17

Froome is looking to win a third Tour in succession

Froome says his best is yet to come at Tour de France

Chris Froome expects to be on his best form in the final week of the Tour de France as he fights to hold on to the yellow jersey in the closest battle this race has ever seen.

Cycling • 17 Jul 17

Michael Matthews was unstoppable on the final ramp to the finish line

Froome back in yellow as Matthews takes uphill sprint

Chris Froome reclaimed the yellow jersey in the Tour de France as Michael Matthews won stage 14 in Rodez, while Ireland's Dan Martin continued to chip away at his arrears in sixth.

Cycling • 15 Jul 17

Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb) celebrates crossing the line

Barguil delivers Bastille Day stage win, Martin now 6th

Frenchman Warren Barguil delivered a Bastille Day victory on stage 13 of the Tour de France as Fabio Aru retained the yellow jersey, and Dan Martin went to the well once again to earn another top-10 finish.

Cycling • 14 Jul 17