Andreas Klier

'There are so many variables you can bring in but personally I’d always go with the decision making of the scientists,' Froome tells VeloNews.

Retired German Andreas Klier, now a director at Garmin-Sharp, has accepted a 6-month suspension for use of PEDs, subsequent to July 21, 2005

German classics specialist won Ghent-Wevelgem in 2003, along with a stage at the 2007 Vuelta a Espana

Last year’s runner-up Heinrich Haussler and experienced German rider Andreas Klier will not race this weekend’s Tour of Flanders.