Damian Collins, the chair of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee probing anti-doping policies, has told Cyclingnews that the next hearing on February 22 may discuss the UKAD investigation opened in 2012 into the Linda McCartney Foods cycling team.
The UKAD investigation into British Cycling and Team Sky will lead the hearing but Collins said that the committee's interest may extend beyond that. “We will also be asking UKAD about historic investigations, possibly including the investigation into the McCartney team,” Collins said.
UKAD’s chief executive, Nicole Sapstead, is among those called to the next select committee hearing on February 22.
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The investigation into the Linda McCartney Foods Cycling Team was opened in 2012, after information was passed to UKAD by The Times newspaper. Several key figures within the team — notably sports director Sean Yates, rider Max Sciandri and team doctor Roger Palfreeman — later became pivotal to the successes of British Cycling and Team Sky.
“One of our concerns will be establishing if UKAD lack the power, resources or authority — or anything else — that may be inhibiting them,” Collins said. “We may make final recommendations on what we are told.”
One of the key issues will also be the length of statute of limitations — currently ten years — and how that may also inhibit effective anti-doping. The Linda McCartney team collapsed due to lack of sponsorship in early 2001.
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