Cycling: Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky do not rest after the data leak at the World Anti-Doping Agency. After ongoing discussions about questionable exemptions for Wiggins in 2011, 2012 and 2013, a report in the British Daily Mail is now causing concern: According to this, the 36-year-old received a suspicious package of medical supplies in 2011. In the meantime, the English Anti-Doping Agency has confirmed ongoing investigations.
A few weeks ago, a hack by a Russian group caused a stir at the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The hackers published numerous internal WADA documents, including medical exemptions from the two British professional cyclists Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins. Especially in the case of Wiggins, the leaked documents caused some question marks: The 2012 tour winner received special permits from WADA in 2011, 2012 and 2013 before the start of a big tour for the actually banned anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone acetonide. This was justified with the asthma disease of the British. However, the fact that he received the drug as an injection caused astonishment, although he had always denied this up to now. The timing right before the tours hardly seems to be a coincidence either.
Cycling news: WADA hacked: Froome and Wiggins reports leaked
Cycling: The Russian hacker group 'Fancy Bear' hacked the World Doping Agency WADA and published internal documents and athlete reports. Christopher Froome and Bradley Wiggins were among the 'victims' of the hack. The reports show some quite interesting details, even if no explicit doping offenses are recorded. So now WADA has got it: After the […]
An investigation by the English newspaper Daily Mail is now causing additional unrest. Accordingly, Wiggins and his former team Sky received a package with questionable medical content in 2011 – a few weeks before the start of the Tour de France. At Sky's request, Simon Cope, who was the coach of the national women's cycling team at the time, flew from England to Genoa with the said package in order to drive from there by rental car to La Toussuire, where Wiggins and Sky were staying for the Dauphiné. After the handover, Cope flew straight back to the island. Spicy: Simon Cope is now team boss at Team WIGGINS. Originally, Cope had given a meeting with Emma Pooley as the reason for his trip, but she stayed in Spain during the period in question and has now also confirmed that she did not meet her coach at the time. So there are some inconsistencies in the story.
There is currently no information about the content of the dubious package, but the English association confirmed its existence and also the handover to Sky. However, no information was given about the content. When asked by the Daily Mail, the UKAD (UK Anti-Doping) also confirmed investigations into this process, but also emphasized that there were still no findings and that they did not want to draw any hasty conclusions.
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