After taking harsh criticism from Parliament's Department of Culture Media and Sports (DCMS) over its failures to adequately document what medicine was delivered from its headquarters in Manchester to Bradley Wiggins at the Criterium du Dauphine in 2011, British Cycling has promised to bolster its medical records keeping practices.
The federation could not back up Team Sky's David Brailsford's assertions that the package, which was taken from Manchester to France by Simon Cope, contained Fluimucil.
"First of all, it's absolutely damning that there are no records," Collins said. "How can you run a clean team or a clean sport when you don't know what the doctor is giving the cyclists? That's at the heart of this. I think that the credibility of the Fluimucil story has been undermined by the fact that there are no records. Not only are there no records of Fluimucil being supplied on that race, they can't provide any records of it ever being supplied by British Cycling to Team Sky. That undermines the credibility of that story."
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In a statement, British cycling acknowledged "serious failings" in their record keeping, and has identified "further areas for improvement".
British Cycling chair Jonathan Browning said, "Following the comments from UKAD chief executive Nicole Sapstead, we can announce the following measures to address clear failings in our processes highlighted in the investigation:
"First, an audit of our medical services provided to the Great Britain Cycling Team – we have taken the initial steps to enable the Care Quality Commission to examine the medical support we offer to our athletes and to identify areas of improvement.
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