Officials from UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) visited the British Manchester velodrome on Friday as the anti-doping body began its investigation into multiple allegations of wrongdoing in the sport.
The Daily Mail newspaper described the visit as a ‘drug swoop’. However a report by the BBC said UKAD denied the velodrome was raided saying the visit was made with British Cycling's "full co-operation".
British Cycling issued a brief statement late on Friday evening, saying simply: “British Cycling can confirm there is an ongoing UKAD investigation with which we are cooperating fully. We are unable to comment further at this stage.”
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UKAD confirmed to Cyclingnews on Friday that it is “investigating an allegation of wrongdoing in cycling,” adding: “In order to protect the integrity of the investigation we will not comment further.” UKAD later said it was investigating “allegations of wrong doing.”
Bradley Wiggins said in a statement via his management company XIX on Saturday morning: "I welcome this investigation".
The BBC reports that two members of UKAD staff went to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester on Friday. It is likely UKAD wants to get to the bottom of allegations in a detailed investigation by the Daily Mail that a medical package was delivered to Team Sky by British Cycling coach Simon Cope in France on 12 June, 2011, the day Wiggins won the Criterium du Dauphine in La Toussuire.
The Daily Mail suggested that British Cycling staff were shocked by the sudden arrival of the UKAD investigators and presumed that “the investigators would have requested access to files and the operation inside the medical room that is run by Dr Richard Freeman.”
The second string of the UKAD investigation could be based on allegations from former Team Sky and Great Britain rider Jonathan Tiernan-Locke who told the BBC that painkiller Tramadol was "freely offered" at the 2012 Road World Championships.
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