Dave Brailsford has revealed to a hearing of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee that the mysterious package that was delivered to Team Sky in 2011 for Bradley Wiggins was the simple medicine Fluimucil, a mucolytic which helps to get rid of sticky and thick mucus that is obstructing the airway, resulting in coughing.
Fluimucil is on the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) list of permitted drugs to treat coughs and sore throats.
The Team Sky manager confirmed early comments by Shane Sutton that Simon Cope brought out the package as part of a pre-planned logistical trip to the Criterium du Dauphine. In addition, Brailsford stated that it was the physiotherapist Phil Burt, who has released the Fluimucil for transportation. Brailsford was also questioned on why the team had chosen to fly the substance 1,000 miles when it was readily available in France for around eight euros.
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Brailsford said Dr. Freeman told him the package contained Fluimucil, claiming he did not have first hand knowledge of the contents of the famous jiffy bag.
"Doctor Freeman told me that it was Fluimucil that was in the package, a product that is for a nebuliser. That is what was in the package," Brailsford explained, later going on to discuss the transportation of the package. "I don’t think it was convoluted, I think that this was the easiest possible way."
"The fact of the matter was that Simon Cope was already flying out. What we have on a regular basis, is people moving in and out and when you become aware of people moving in and out then, if you need anything, you can ask people to bring things with them. I think that is maybe where the whole situation has been misled is that the sole purpose for Simon Cope at the end of the Dauphine wasn’t expressly to bring and deliver a package."
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