Once feted as the architect of the greatest revolution in British sporting history, Dave Brailsford's standing, following the publication of the House of Commons select committee's anti-doping report, is now at an all-time low, writes Jeremy Whittle.
The sting, for Team Sky and Dave Brailsford, is in the tail, in paragraphs 109 and 110 of the House of Commons Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee report into Combatting Doping Within Sport.
"Team Sky's statements that coaches and team managers are largely unaware of the methods used by the medical staff to prepare pro-cyclists for major races seem incredible, and inconsistent with their original aim of 'winning clean,' and maintaining the highest ethical standards within their sport," the report says.
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"…Brailsford must take responsibility for these failures, the regime under which Team Sky riders trained and competed and the damaging scepticism about the legitimacy of his team's performance and accomplishments."
Then comes paragraph 110: "…contrary to the testimony of David Brailsford in front of the Committee, we believe that drugs were being used by Team Sky, within the WADA rules, to enhance the performance of riders, and not just to treat medical need."
It's a measure of how far Dave Brailsford's star has fallen that, after almost two years of evidence, few within the British sporting establishment will be that shocked by the report's wording. There are likely to be significant repercussions to these findings, which can be expected to create aftershocks for some time.
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