Vegni: I can't stop Chris Froome racing the Giro d'Italia

Mauro Vegni, the organiser of the Giro d’Italia, has told Cyclingnews that Chris Froome is welcome at the 2018 Italian Grand Tour but warned that he will not accept Froome losing overall victory if he wins the Giro but is then disqualified due to his salbutamol case from the 2017 Vuelta a Espana. 

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.