Steven De Jongh has told Cyclingnews that he cannot see Dave Brailsford remaining at Team Sky after the team boss revealed he was given a triamcinolone injection from British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman.
Team Sky, British Cycling and Bradley Wiggins are at the center of a UK Anti-Doping investigation into a potential doping violation after a medical package was transported to the British team during the 2011 Dauphine. The contents of the package were ordered by Freeman and used to treat Wiggins on the final day of the race.
Team Sky have claimed that the package contained the over-the-counter decongestant Fluimucil. However, no paperwork has been provided to substantiate this, and UKAD are still unable to confirm why Team Sky spent several hundred Euros transporting a medicine they could have bought locally.
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When the story concerning the package first broke, Brailsford claimed that the courier, Simon Cope, was travelling to meet female cyclist Emma Pooley. However, this turned out to be untrue, with Pooley competing at a race in Spain at the time. Since then, Team Sky and Freeman have been unable to provide any medical notes relating to the package.
The physio, Phil Burt, who put the package together in Manchester at British Cycling’s headquarters, has told UKAD he has no recollection of what was in the package, and Freeman was too ill to face questions last week at a Select Committee hearing.
De Jongh is not suggesting that Brailsford was involved in any wrongdoing, and triamcinolone was given to Wiggins legally several times in 2011, 2012 and 2013, but De Jongh believes that as the head of Team Sky, Brailsford should take overall responsibility for what happened during his watch.
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