Former Tour de France champion Chris Froome has admitted that he missed a drugs test while on holiday earlier this year.
The Team Sky rider, who won the elite race in 2013, has revealed that he and his wife were staying in a hotel in Italy, but staff prevented the drug-testers access to the Brit's room.
While Froome admits that he was 'frustrated' with the hotel's policy, he does accept that he is at fault for missing the out-of-competition test.
"I had a couple of recovery days and I took my wife down to quite an exclusive hotel in Italy," The Guardian quotes Froome as saying. "On the first morning the authorities pitched up at seven and the hotel staff actually wouldn't give them access to our room and also refused to let them call up.
"So when we came down for breakfast at 8.30am, they basically just said to us, 'Okay, the anti-doping guys were here to test you this morning but it's our hotel policy not to let them disturb our clients or let anyone disturb our clients'. So that was a hugely frustrating situation for me.
"I did appeal to try and explain the circumstances to the authorities but at the end of the day I take full responsibility for that case."
Cyclists are obliged to tell officials where they will be for a certain hour between 5am and 11pm for out-of-competition drug testing.
Danielle Joynson
