Coming hot on the heels of a vigorous debate surrounding Bradley Wiggins' Therapeutic Use Exemptions for injectable corticosteroids, taken before the 2011 and 2012 Tours de France and 2013 Giro d'Italia, a report emerged in the Daily Mail that UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) were investigating "an allegation of wrongdoing in cycling".
It emerged that Simon Cope, a British Cycling employee, had travelled from the UK to France to transport a package containing unknown medication for Bradley Wiggins, delivering the 'jiffy bag' on the day he sealed victory at the Criterium du Dauphine.
October 7, 2016: UKAD confirm investigation into 'allegations of wrongdoing in cycling' after the Daily Mail's story on a medical delivery to Team Sky via British Cycling employee Simon Cope.
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October 8, 2016: UK Anti-Doping 'swoop' into British Cycling - investigators visited British Cycling at the Manchester Velodrome.
October 8, 2016: UCI president Brian Cookson, a former British Cycling president, pledged his cooperation with UKAD.
October 9, 2016: Pooley: Brailsford and Sky need to get their facts straight - Emma Pooley disputed Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford's comments that incorrectly stated that Simon Cope was in France to see her.
October 11, 2016: Cope: I don't know what was in the package for Team Sky - Simon Cope says he delivered a package, crossing two customs borders, but did not know its contents.
October 12, 2016: British Cycling physio faces questions over Team Sky's Dauphine medical package - Cope suggested that the package came from Phil Burt, a consultant with BC.
October 14, 2016: UKAD ramps up investigation into Team Sky and British Cycling - the inquiry includes allegations from Jonathan Tiernan-Locke that BC offered Tramadol to him while he was racing with the national team at the 2012 World Championships.
Meanwhile, speculation continued around what was in the package and whether or not Team Sky was operating in a 'grey area'. Former performance director Peter Keen said the case highlighted concerns he had already raised surrounding the connections between the publicly-funded British Cycling programs and the professional, privately funded, Team Sky.
October 17, 2016: Brailsford refuses to clarify contents of Team Sky's medical package
October 18, 2016: Froome: Impossible to say if Wiggins operated in a grey area
October 19, 2016: Bradley Wiggins broke no rules, no grey area at Team Sky, says Portal
October 21, 2016: Peter Keen highlights seriousness of British Cycling and Team Sky allegations
October 24, 2016: Simon Cope to speak to UK Anti-Doping as investigation continues
Parliamentary hearing
In late October British Cycling was informed that Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport select committee had some questions about the case. The hearings took place on December 19, with Shane Sutton confirming that the package was delivered for Wiggins and was of a medical nature. David Brailsford then took the stand and said that he was told by the Team Sky doctor that the package contained the decongestant Fliumucil. But British Cycling executives said they had no knowledge this was the case, and have since been unable to provide documentary proof that this is what the package contained.
October 28, 2016: Parliament to look into Wiggins 'mystery package' - News shorts
November 9, 2016: Brailsford summoned to parliamentary inquiry into anti-doping and ethics
December 3, 2016: Froome still 'in the dark' over details of Wiggins controversy
December 9, 2016: Wiggins unlikely to face punishment over 'mystery package'
December 14, 2016: Cookson calls on Team Sky to give full disclosure of contents of mysterious Jiffy bag
December 17, 2016: UKAD investigation rolls on as Brailsford's parliamentary questioning looms
December 18, 2016: 'They can never take my package', says Wiggins in Instagram post
December 19, 2016: Sutton admits 2011 Dauphine medical package was for Wiggins
December 19, 2016: Brailsford says mysterious package contained legal drug Fluimucil
December 19, 2016: What is Fluimucil and why would Wiggins need it?
December 19, 2016: British Cycling deny knowledge of mystery package contents
December 20, 2016: Daily Mail claims Brailsford tried to 'kill' the mystery package story
December 20, 2016: Brailsford's failure to convince only fuels further scepticism
December 21, 2016: Brailsford facing further questions after conflicting statements emerge
2017 season begins with Sky and Brailsford under scrutiny
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