Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky are facing yet more scrutiny after a report in the Mail tells of a delivery of a medical package from the UK to the team's bus in France on the final stage of the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine, with allegations of a 'private' session between Wiggins and the team doctor in the back of the bus.
UK Anti Doping (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.”
The Mail’s Matt Lawton outlines how a member of staff at British Cycling flew from the UK to Geneva airport in Switzerland, before hiring a car and driving to La Toussuire on 12 June 2011, the day Wiggins secured overall victory at the Dauphine. The person in question was Simon Cope, a women’s coach at the time, but now the boss of Wiggins’ eponymous Continental team.
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Cyclingnews has learnt that British Cycling paid for the Cope trip, and it was recharged back to Team Sky. Cope was also working with Team Sky, again with a recharge back to the team.
British Cycling confirmed that Cope was delivering a package containing medication for a Team Sky rider, but could not confirm which substance it was.
Wiggins has come under fire in recent weeks for his use of the banned corticosteroid triamcinolone acetonide under a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) on three occasions – just ahead of the 2011 and 2012 Tours de France and the 2013 Giro d’Italia. The 36-year-old has been left to defend himself over the timing of the injections, his previous claims he had never used needles, and the veracity of the illness that led to the treatment.
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