Chris Froome remains cool amid data hacking storm

No sooner after he'd finished celebrating a victory atop the Col du Soudet on the Tour's stage 10, Chris Froome was quizzed about the data hacking and doping accusations that had appeared over night.

Chris Froome on stage eight of the 2015 Tour de France

(Image credit: Watson)

Chris Froome (Team Sky) had little time to celebrate his Tour de France stage 10 victory today in La Pierre-Saint-Mart in the Pyrenees. After the podium celebrations, where he received a fresh Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey, he responded to questions about data hacking and doping.

Sky Principal David Brailsford told the press on Monday's rest day down the climb in Pau that Sky's data files were hacked. He warned that critics could use that to question whether his riders were racing clean.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.