Lizzie Deignan (née Armitstead) says that current therapeutic use exemption (TUE) system allows for an ethically grey area, and cycling's governing body, the UCI, must crack down on it. British Cycling and Team Sky have been under scrutiny in recent weeks following the leak, which, among other things, revealed Bradley Wiggins' TUE data.
The files, which were released by the Russian hackers Fancy Bears last month, showed that Wiggins had received injections of triamcinolone acetonide ahead of the 2011 and 2012 Tours de France, and the 2013 Giro d'Italia. While Wiggins has not broken any rules, the timing of them raised several questions. Deignan echoed the thoughts of Team Sky rider Nicolas Roche who told Cyclingnews last week that the system needed revision.
"I think that the UCI needs to sort that issue out. It’s a very blurred ethical line that needs the UCI to be much firmer [on]," Deignan told a small group of press at her team hotel in Doha, Qatar ahead of the UCI Road World Championships road race on Saturday.
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Deignan herself felt the heat of public opinion after it was revealed she'd had a sanction overturned following three missed tests, allowing her to compete in the Olympic Games. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) declared the first of those missed tests void, stating that the doping control officer from the UK Anti-Doping Agency [UKAD] had not done enough to locate her.
At the time, Wiggins said there was ‘no excuse’ for Deignan, but she said: "In my situation, I would take everything I read and see with a pinch of salt. I would sit down with that person and take the time to see their reasons.
"I'd love to have a conversation with everybody that doubts me, I'd love to pick up the phone and be able to explain the situation, and I think people would be much more compassionate. But I can't do that and that's something I have to come to terms with."
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