According to a report in The Daily Mail, the British Cycling independent review into allegations of sexism has found several major flaws with the governance structure of the national body.
The leaked review, announced in April 2016, of BC's 'climate and culture', concluded there existed a 'culture of fear', 'dysfunctional leadership structure', and that the investigation into Jess Varnish's claims of sexism against Shane Sutton was 'inept.'
The Daily Mail also reports that Bradley Wiggins, Laura Kenny and Mark Cavendish opted out of giving evidence as the panel received no feedback from members of the track endurance or male road programme.
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The report comes a week after UKAD launched a damning attack on Team Sky and British Cycling over medical practices and Cyclingnews reported that Team Sky riders have considered asking Dave Brailsford to resign.
Varnish was dropped from the Olympic team last April. She claimed former Technical Director Shane Sutton had told her to "move on and go and have a baby," a claim that Sutton has denied, although an internal investigation by BC upheld allegations of sexism against the Australian.
However, the independent panel found the report was "sanitised" by the board with "harder-hitting investigative findings" by grievance officer, Alex Russell, excluded from the final version.
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