British Cycling has responded to the closure of UK Anti-Doping’s investigation into the controversial medical package delivered from its store cupboard in Manchester to Bradley Wiggins at a pro race in France. It emphasized the progress it has made since the investigation began more than a year ago.
UKAD announced on Wednesday that no anti-doping charges would be brought against British Cycling, Team Sky, or Wiggins, due to a failure to establish the contents of the package. David Brailsford said the 'jiffy bag' contained the legal decongestant Fluimucil, but neither Sky nor British Cycling have been able to provide documentation backing up the claim, and the lack of medical records will be the subject of a follow-up inquiry.
“UKAD’s investigation was particularly challenging in light of a lack of contemporaneous medical records," read the UKAD statement, with the agency's chief executive, Nicole Sapstead, going on to voice her "serious concern”.
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Information has been passed to the General Medical Council (GMC), which has confirmed it is looking into the evidence, though its focus will not include the jiffy bag specifically.
In a statement issued shortly after the UKAD announcement on Wednesday, British Cycling CEO Julie Harrington said: “I would like to thank Nicole Sapstead and her team at UKAD for the diligence and determination they have shown in investigating this matter. Their work on this, and throughout sport, is essential if we are to earn and retain the trust of athletes and fans.
“UKAD’s findings represent an organisation and culture that, despite delivering on the world stage, did not meet the high standards that British Cycling today holds itself to. We note that UKAD have referred information arising from their investigation to the General Medical Council and we offer them our wholehearted cooperation."
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