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Cycling author Peter Cossins gives his views on how Chris Froome is seen in the French press.

Cossins said: "I would say that there is very much an anti-Froome sentiment within France.

"I'm basing that more on the coverage in the press than what people are saying out on bikes,"

Froome returned an "adverse" drugs test at the Vuelta a Espana in September, but denies any wrongdoing.

Team Sky confirmed in December that they were co-operating with an investigation by the UCI - cycling's governing body - after it emerged Froome had double the allowed limit of the legal asthma drug salbutamol in his urine sample.

He will begin his 2018 cycling season next week, despite being under investigation for the use of his asthma medication last year.