Bradley Wiggins has broken his silence over the 'jiffy bag' controversy, issuing a long statement in which he describes UK Anti Doping's investigation as a "malicious witch hunt" that has been a "living hell" for him and his family. Wiggins responds with a series of questions of his own relating to UKAD's investigation, which was closed due to a lack of evidence, and revealed he is considering legal action against the agency. Wiggins' statement can be read in full below.
Wiggins has not commented publicly since it emerged more than a year ago that he was administered the contents of a medical package that was couriered from the UK by a British Cycling employee to the Team Sky bus in France on the final day of the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné.
It was alleged that the jiffy bag contained triamcinolone, the corticosteroid Wiggins controversially but legally used under therapeutic use exemptions ahead of three Grand Tours between 2011 and 2013. UKAD opened their investigation in September 2016.
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On Wednesday, UKAD announced that, unable to establish what was in the package, it had closed the investigation with no charges to be brought against Wiggins, Team Sky, or British Cycling. The organisation blamed a lack of medical records keeping at Sky and British Cycling for its inability to refute or substantiate either the triamcinolone allegation or the claim from Sky and British Cycling officials that the package contained the legal decongestant, Fluimucil.
"Following this morning's statement from UKAD, it is only now that I have the opportunity to break my silence, give my reaction to the events of the last 14 months and to ask a few questions of my own," Wiggins wrote.
"I welcome UKAD's confirmation that no anti-doping charges are to be brought regarding the so-called 'jiffy bag' allegations. It has always been the case that no such charges could be brought against me as no anti-doping violations took place. I am pleased that this has finally been confirmed publicly but there are a large number of questions regarding the investigation which I feel remain unanswered."
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Bradley Wiggins' statement in full
- Where did the information come from to launch the investigation?
- Who was the source?
- What exactly did that person say and to whom?
- Why did UKAD deem it appropriate to treat it as a credible allegation?
- Surely it is now in the public interest to reveal this source?
- Why has it taken so long for these conclusions to be drawn?
- How much tax payers money has been spent so far on this investigation?
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