Vuelta a Espana organisers call for 'extreme caution' after Froome salbutamol result

Chris Froome (Team Sky) risks being stripped of his Vuelta a España title due to his adverse analytical finding for salbutamol following stage 18 of this year's race, but in a statement on Wednesday morning, the Vuelta organisation said that it had yet to receive formal notification of the matter.

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