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Bradley Wiggins
Used drugs to achieve what he won in Cycling
Bye Bye Knighthood lets have it off him
Bye Bye Knighthood lets have it off him
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As a cycling fan I have to say I'm hugely disappointed in these new revelations.
Whilst operating within WADA and UCI rules it does not paint an honest picture of him and Brailsford. The TUE itself whilst allowed looks to be more than gaining an unfair advantage in light of it being administered 3 times just prior to a Grand Tour.
Bradley looked more than uncomfortable in the Marr interview, almost like he'd been caught with his hand in the cookie jar and the explanation behind it not being mentioned in his book was highly questionable.
The whole saga casts a cloud over his achievements and his TdF win, sadly.
Whilst operating within WADA and UCI rules it does not paint an honest picture of him and Brailsford. The TUE itself whilst allowed looks to be more than gaining an unfair advantage in light of it being administered 3 times just prior to a Grand Tour.
Bradley looked more than uncomfortable in the Marr interview, almost like he'd been caught with his hand in the cookie jar and the explanation behind it not being mentioned in his book was highly questionable.
The whole saga casts a cloud over his achievements and his TdF win, sadly.
Wiggins claims that he wasn’t using levels that someone would use if they were doping, just enough to put an asthmatic on a level playing field with a non-asthmatic in the Tour de France. Well if it was enough to do that, I would imagine it would be enough to give a non-asthmatic cyclist an advantage. In any case, I read that once a cyclist has Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) the authorities don’t check to see if the drug is within reasonable limits, so there is nothing to say someone couldn’t take more than prescribed.
On the other hand, a lot of pro cyclists do suffer bouts of asthma and are more prone due to the amount of air that they breathe in. One cycling mag claims that around 40% of our cyclists at the Olympics were using inhalers.
On the other hand, a lot of pro cyclists do suffer bouts of asthma and are more prone due to the amount of air that they breathe in. One cycling mag claims that around 40% of our cyclists at the Olympics were using inhalers.
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