Richard Freeman, the doctor at the centre of the Jiffy-bag controversy involving Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins has finally broken his silence, stating that coaches and performance directors knew that Triamcinolone had been administered. Freeman's revelations came as part of a nine-page statement to the parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport select committee. Freeman was unable to attend a select committee hearing in March, citing ill-health.
While defending his obligations for doctor-patient confidentiality, Freeman claimed that the Jiffy-bag couriered by now Team Wiggins manager Simon Cope to the 2011 Criterium di Dauphine contained the legal decongestant Fluimucil.
Contradicting what had been said in a previous Select Committee hearing, Freeman stated that coaches and performance directors were involved in the decision to treat riders with Triamcinolone even though Shane Sutton had said when questioned that he didn't know anything about it.
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"Coaches and Performance Directors were involved in the process. The ethics of this treatment was discussed. No concerns were raised with me about this treatment. Use of triamcinolone is very infrequent in these teams but my obligation to doctor/patient confidentiality does not allow me to explain further," Freeman's statement reads.
When Sutton was questioned by the committee in December, he explained that Freeman had told him Wiggins had been 'sorted' on June 12 at the 2011 Dauphine, which Sutton understood the contents in the package had been administered.
Freeman said the Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) system had not been abused in his experience at British Cycling or Team Sky but did not discuss Wiggins' three TUEs for Triamcinolone that were given just before the Tour de France in 2011, 2012 and the Giro d'Italia in 2013. Freeman claimed he only ever personally administered Triamcinolone to one rider at Team Sky and British Cycling – presumably Wiggins. Freeman added that he had only treated one rider at British Cycling and Team Sky with Triamcinolone.
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