Chris Froome
Team Sky rider Chris Froome of Britain, the race leader's yellow jersey, celebrates his overall victory on the podium after the 109.5-km (68 miles) final 21st stage of the 102nd Tour de France cycling race from Sevres to Paris Champs-Elysees, France, July 26, 2015. REUTERS/Stephane Mantey/Pool

Despite his recent success at the 102nd edition of the Tour de France last month, Team Sky’s Chris Froome is still dealing with doping accusations thrown at him by pundits during the race. Froome underwent physiological testing earlier this week, but the British rider believes releasing his performance data will never satisfy doubters.

Froome’s Tour de France performance was questioned ever since killing the mountain climb to La Pierre Saint-Martin at the 10th stage of the race. Sky subsequently publicised some of Froome’s data from that stage in a bid to show the Brit is riding clean. The 30-year-old Froome said that the physiological test would reveal more about himself, but he admitted that Sky releasing his performance data was a good move on the team’s behalf.

"But I think the people who are criticising us in that regard, no amount of data is ever going to fulfil their expectations,” Froome said, Sky Sports reported. Froome visited GlaxoSmithKline’s Human Performance Lab in West London on Monday to undergo the first of many tests, reports Cycling Weekly. The two-time Tour de France winner said the testing was not to silence his doubters, but for him to understand what makes the athlete he is.

Athletics is the latest spot to come under criticism after widespread allegations of blood doping. The International Association of Athletics Federations is defending its record on doping scandals, while anti-doping agencies, on the other hand, advised athletes not to release their blood data to the public.

Meanwhile, Froome has questioned the Costa del Sol route of Saturday’s opening team trial of the Vuelta a España, The Guardian reported. Froome posted on Twitter photos of a boardwalk and a sand-covered section of the 7.4 kilometre test from Puerto Banús to Marbella, which opens the year’s third and final Grand Tour.

Other Team Sky riders also took the social media to express their concerns in the upcoming three-week race in Spain. Nicolas Roche posted on Twitter a picture of his bike riding over the sand, while Ian Boswell posted a video on Instagram of a teammate colliding with a tourist riding in the opposite direction on a beachside path.

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