Boardman praises Froome's decision to publish data, calls on others to follow suit

Chris Froome (Team Sky) in the overall race lead

Chris Froome (Team Sky) in the overall race lead (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)

Retired British cycling champion Chris Boardman has told Cyclingnews he believes that Chris Froome's decision to release some of his physiological data late last week was the right one.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.