MP: "A cloud now hangs over" Sir Bradley Wiggins after UK Anti-doping probe

I no longer have any respect for Wiggins, Sutton ( now happy to take China`s tainted money) or Brailsford. If you accept  bending the rules as far as they did as legitimate, you may as well support doping in sport. Team Sky, the self professed " clean team" . Joke.

Wiggins and Sky has been hung and flogged by the media. Notably the British media like they've been looking for another Lance Lord Voldemort.  

Inflamatory headlines and articles featured in CW (amongst others) have fanned each flame like it's Bonfire night. 

We all knew there would be no evidence of wrongdoing when the doc stated he lost his laptop in 2014 and didn't keep a backup.. We knew this twelve months ago, but still the flames are fanned, the loyalists are resolute, no Sir BW is a legend can do no wrong, the naysayers still claim moral victory, boo hiss down with Bradley like some sort of panto villian.. but there's simply nothing to see here. It is a basic tenet of British law that the accused are innocent until proven guilty, and the burden of proof is on the prosecution. I'm unclear as to whether Bradley or Sky have actually been accused of anything besides using the rules as others do, being unorganised and not having any robust procedures in place - but I can't see anywhere where it says they should be ISO9001 accredited...

The TUE's BW took are legal and are used by other teams, every year (before this) someone writes an article on 'isn't it surprising how many pro cyclists have asthma and need a TUE...'  In 2009 there were 239 TUE's granted by the UCI, 97 in 2010, 55 in 2011, 46 in 2012, 31 in 2013 and so on, down to 15 in 2016 in very clear slow decline...  one might conclude that not all of them were medically needed.. but still they've been granted by the UCI.

Bradders had triamcinolone TUE's granted prior to the tdf he won.. that sounds iffy, but not jiffy!

Surely all this vitriol should be directed to the rules not the doctors, coaches and althetes? I  do wonder what is gained and the motives of the people who've published some of these strongly worded articles..  pure journalistic egotism, perhaps bowing to advertiser pressures, personal grudges, foreign bais, something more sinister..

My sixpenny bit anyway.. I'm not sure it's all fact checked and am open to have my knowledge expanded.

As I mentioned the other day. Sky were effectively asked to bring forward evidence with which they could then be convicted. No surprise to learn that they weren't too forthcoming.

As I understand it, there was no legaslitive requirement for the team to maintain medical records, and rightly or wrongly, no records were maintained. That said, had they been maintained, would they have documented any dastardly deeds within? I doubt that. 

I am under no illusion that Sky are doing everything they can get away with to aid performance of their riders, but I am relatively comfortable (for now) that they will be playing within the rules (just). 

On an ethical basis this will leave a bitter taste in many mouthes, but what there is a complete lack of is any clear evidence of actual rule breaking. Therefore, how can a 'cloud' be left hanging here? 

There is a difference between playing to the edge of the rules and breaking them. 

So what if Wiggins lied in his book, he did not break any rules. So what if TUE's were issued that are questionable; they were issued by the sports governing body, so again, no rules were broken. So what if a mystery package was delivered, without evidence of what was in that package it is a non-story. 

In no other UK Sport would this even have been detected, indeed do some enquiries as to the number of TUE’s issued to non cycling federations.

BW, since he was a boy, has been an outstanding talent, these guys do what they’re told and I dont doubt their teams push the edge of what’s legal or not at times.

Im no fanboy, but you simply cant put him in the same category as several other convicted and ‘suspicious’ riders who all of a sudden over a winter went from being an also ran to winning a grand tour.

In my opinion, Brad is being unfairly judged due to the whiter than white hyperbole of Team Sky, who I have never liked and has always been a doubt in my mind. I’m not saying they are dirty, just that like most pro sports teams they will stray into unethical areas.

Rugby is of course one of the worst offenders, due to trying to stretch the slow and fast twitch guys into the other areas to make a more rounded player, that and recovery from physical injuries.

Football and Tennis are another two that need a damn good look at, but the organisers dont want to risk upsetting the superstars, and dont get me started on the IAAF the IOC and FINA who make Lance Armstrong look like a pillar of society.

FFS guys, cut them some slack. Least we forget that Freeman did in fact document all records on his laptop... which was then stolen on holiday and never seen again. Lololololololol

Nowt stronger and tastier than Team Sky Koolaid! Bottoms up! 

Innocent until proven guilty. unless there is not even sufficient evidence to go to trial, in which case "probably guilty" it seems

I wrote an email and sent it to the committee Mr Collins chairs some weeks ago pointing out that whilst his committee seems determined to thoroughly investigate the alleged jiffy bag incident they dont seem to be bothered about investigating the sport which currently contributes two thirds of the banned athletes on the UKAD register, namely rugby.

I received a polite reply from a minion saying my email would be brought to his attention but have heard nothing since.

It seems an obvious place to start, in investigating drugs abuse in sport, to look at the evidence of where the problem is greatest and begin there.

I wrote an email and sent it to the committee Mr Collins chairs some weeks ago pointing out that whilst his committee seems determined to thoroughly investigate the alleged jiffy bag incident they dont seem to be bothered about investigating the sport which currently contributes two thirds of the banned athletes on the UKAD register, namely rugby.

I received a polite reply from a minion saying my email would be brought to his attention but have heard nothing since.

It seems an obvious place to start, in investigating drugs abuse in sport, to look at the evidence of where the problem is greatest and begin there.

Richard Freeman is still refusing to answer the awkward questions:

https://twitter.com/kenem/status/931220953631199233

If Sky were clean, open and transparent we wouldn't still be talking about this topic and the CMS committee wouldn't have had anything to investigate.

If UKAD had any teeth (and reading this Guardian article it seems they really do not) we may have had some answers.

So would people prefer the CMS select committee just ask Bradley Wiggins some soft questions about how he's getting on with the rowing?

But rather than focus on the unanswered questions, and the possibility that the first British rider to win the Tour de France may have cheated, it makes far more sense to sling mud at Damian Green simply because he's a Tory MP.

All that has been proven here is that Damian Green is a self-serving, odious Tory twerp. He has clearly just been using this as an opportunity to raise his own profile. I hope Wiggins sues him for defamation.

Maybe he should move to a more sunny climate.

"I’ve never had an injection, apart from I’ve had my vaccinations, and on occasion I’ve been put on a drip, when I’ve come down with diarrhoea or something or have been severely dehydrated.”

Lies, damn lies and overcompensating for things you feel guilty about doing.

What the MP means is that he didn't see a result that he wanted. Funny how he knows more than the experts isn't it.

Oh yeah. Why do some posters have to lower themselves to swearing? It is a public forum you know.

On a less confrontational note, how any Member of Parliament can talk about tarnished reputations with a straight face is beyond belief.

Britain's greatest ever Olympian and a TdF winner. Hard to argue he isn't a sporting legend. This doesn't tarnish his legacy for me personally but I guess it may for some.

Ignore any guff in the daily mail and your life will be better.  Yes, agree with the view on MPs.

Clerical/Admin error, that is it.

MPs can fuck off. How many clouds hang over these self-righteous twats. Go and fuck a rent boy or something.

Are you serious?

Nonsense...the man's a living legend.