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Nothing dodgy at all Just using the rules to your advantage in an open way. Unlike the Russians who just cheat.
It was open to the people that mattered, this was about the TUE's which had been approved by the cycling authorities. All these Russian's have done is release data which WADA already knew about and had approved. In fact according to them the details that the Russians did release have been tampered with, as they didn't match the records WADA held.
[QUOTE="John Ex Aberdeen now E.R., post: 9809787, member: 1013989"]It was open to the people that mattered, this was about the TUE's which had been approved by the cycling authorities. All these Russian's have done is release data which WADA already knew about and had approved. In fact according to them the details that the Russians did release have been tampered with, as they didn't match the records WADA held.[/QUOTE] In this day and age and with the long history of drug abuse in cycling, i dont think you can say that. Interesting article http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...rt-Leinders-following-steroid-jabs-leaks.html Wiggins applied for three exemptions to use corticosteroid triamcinolone Olympic gold medalist used drug to treat long-standing asthma condition Wiggins stated in his autobiography that he had never received injections Timing of injections for former Tour de France winner is being questioned During this time disgraced Dr. Geert Leinders was with Wiggins' Team Sky Leinders was banned for life by anti-doping agencies in January 2015
And? Every one of those exemptions was signed off by the UCI. The rest is just the typical story mongering. I have no doubt the timing was suspicious as he most likely did seek a benefit from them. But it was done legally. Even if cynical, it was within all rules. The real issue here is the medial expert signing them off and whether they were objective and correctly ascertained a medical history of Allergy and asthma which would be on record. If they did there is no argument on cheating and maybe one on if the rules are rigorous enough. Plenty of riders have had steroids for saddle sores. Is that cheating?
