cheers. Im a moron. I even read the article yesterday.
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What was the gist of it?
Wiggins had a severe enough pollen allergic that he needed TUE prescribed for it. Fortunately for Wiggins when he stopped riding the big tours his allergy abated and he no longer needed the TUE
I have come to the conclusion that sbw is a cheat, and a liary one at that.
Kimmage and Matt Cooper had a very good piece on this on the radio tonight.
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I’ll try and find that on the player thanks.
Rafa Nadal.
Juiced to the eyeballs.
Thanks cb. I’ll listen to that on the train tomorrow.
It’s actually a hard enough listen. Matt and Paul acting the parts on a pre prepared script but interesting all the same. The timing of the injections is damning really
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And sbw rattling on at length about how he hated needles and would never have an injection.
Read that during a bout of insomnia last night.
Do we have a bit of backtracking from David Walsh?
I’m expecting this to be a monumental sting operation from Kimmage and Walsh. The movie of that would be wonderful.
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Sir David Brailsford has defended Sir Bradley Wiggins’ use of a banned steroid before major races, saying Team Sky “do not cross the line” when it comes to performance-enhancing drugs.
Britain’s most decorated Olympian took anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone for allergies and respiratory issues.
The cyclist said he sought therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) to “put himself back on a level playing field”.
“It was not being used to enhance performance,” Brailsford said.
Speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan, he added: "I have known Bradley a long time and he is an asthma sufferer and he has struggled with allergies for as long as I have known him.
"I know that at the time there was a recommendation to see a specialist, he went to see a specialist and was then given permission by the authorities.
“I trust and believe in the integrity of that process.”
Brailsford also said:
He was aware at the time of what Wiggins was taking;
He has complete trust in Team Sky’s doctors;
Given the information he had at that time, he would make the same decision now;
He does not believe that Wiggins’ or Team Sky’s reputations have been tainted.
Wiggins’ use of the substance has come under scrutiny following revelations made by Russian computer hackers known as Fancy Bears last week.
The details were revealed after the group accessed the private medical data of some of the world’s leading athletes from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).
Wiggins’ TUEs were approved by British authorities and cycling’s world governing body the UCI.
There is no suggestion that either the 36-year-old or Team Sky, his former team, have broken any rules.
Kimmage going off on one on The Last Word now
He went postal.
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What did he say?
It was an incoherent rage about some carpetbagger who is bringing Lance Armstrong over to speak at a sports seminar charging 175 a ticket.
ITVnews sticking it to SBW here.
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