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 Froome attracted some negative headlines when he destroyed his
rivals in the first mountain stage of the Tour last Tuesday and
Briton had urine thrown at him by an abusive spectator on Saturday
as the atmosphere on the roadside turned sour.
Seeking to protect Froome from the prospect of a similar incident,
two police officers were guarding the Team Sky bus ahead of Monday's
16th stage.
"We faced the same questions last time around," Team Sky manager
Dave Brailsford told a couple of reporters on Monday, referring to
Froome's equally dominant performance up Mont Ventoux in 2013 that
set him on course for victory.
"We had agreed to give our power data to UK anti-doping and the CADF
(Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation). The CADF didn't want it, UK
anti-doping had it but I don't think they did anything with it but
we were willing to give it to an independent body and we could do
the same again.
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"And I think we'll have a look at it tonight and for the rest day
(on Tuesday) we will just release an average cadence, average
power."
Froome leads Colombian Nairo Quintana by three minutes and 10
seconds with American Tejay van Garderen a further 22 seconds off
the pace in third place.
(Editing by John O'Brien)
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