UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) officials visited British Cycling headquarters at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester on Friday. The organisation is now said to be investigating “allegations of wrongdoing in cycling” rather than just the solitary “allegation” it had referred to on Thursday.
The Daily Mail has the visit down as a ‘drug raid’. While that conjures images of armed men turning over the premises in search of evidence, this wasn’t quite so dramatic.
A spokeswoman for UKAD said: "Whilst we do not normally comment on investigations ... at no point have UK Anti-Doping 'raided' British Cycling or Team Sky. Two members of UK Anti-Doping staff attended a meeting with British Cycling in Manchester today – this was done with the full cooperation of British Cycling."
Ukad is understood to be looking into an allegation that a medical package was delivered to Team Sky in France by a British Cycling coach in 2011.
It is claimed the alleged delivery was made on the day Sir Bradley Wiggins won the Criterium du Dauphine in La Toussuire. Both Wiggins and Sir Dave Brailsford have rejected suggestions that the product was administered to Wiggins on the team bus following the final stage.
Team Sky have conducted an internal review and say they are "confident there has been no wrongdoing".
The BBC quotes the team as saying: "We informed British Cycling of the allegation and asked them to contact Ukad, who we will continue to liaise with."
In addition to this, former Team Sky rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has alleged that British Cycling “freely offered” the controversial painkiller Tramadol to the country’s riders at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships.
British Cycling put the allegation to the medic in question, doctor Richard Freeman, and he has denied it.
Driver crashes into a woman's car then gives police incriminating footage...
bravely filming cyclists navigating a car dominated world
There may be a case for some limited disabled visitor parking near the stadium, but it's a total waste of space for coaches to be parked up there...
Looks like they've already achieved the "UK standard" for infra provision here... (it's a bit faded but that is indeed a cycle lane dumping you...
That's not a winter bike, it's just a bike 😜
But this was a brand new bike. How could forks have abraded ? I've had CF forks for years and never had any issues or abrasion.
So I live in clevedon. On occasion I talk to people from places other than clevedon. None of them laugh at me for infrastructure changes. I...
Why are we having this discusion? It is just not going to happen, it is totally unworkable, we have talked about children, what about MTB riders,...
I built up the rim brake equivalent frameset with existing Ultegra drivetrain and Fulcrum Racing 3 wheels, just under 7.8kg with pedals so...
It's a Replica Pro from 2000/2001, not a Penta Pro which came in 2002 and which had slightly different rear stays and fork. The wheelset is from a...