Wiggins - could this be a Similar issue as Lance A ?
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mcelliott said:
This is just too funny. What was the mission statement again? Attention to detail and transparency. Yet they don't keep a record of anything, and their team doctor takes a laptop on holiday apparently detailing all the riders' medical requirement, and it gets stolen. So that was 2014, yes, hmmm, that will coincide with Froome's dodgy TUE at Romandie.
And they don't backup that kind of information?
t detector is telling me all this marginal gains is a window dressing diversion. Seems nothing much has changed in pro cycling 
LaurasOtherHalf said:
So what's a relatively fair overview? It sounds to me love me Sky have got everyone nailed down and if there was any wrongdoing no one is going to talk.
Is Froome under suspicion? I thought he was the one putting out rumours about Wiggins?
The overview is that unless anyone blabs then the shadow will be very dark over Wiggins and Sky but with no records then that's all it will be but Brailsfords position is untenable! IMO.Is Froome under suspicion? I thought he was the one putting out rumours about Wiggins?
DeltonaS said:
Granfondo said:
mcelliott said:
Kawasicki said:
"Veins I didn’t even know existed would bulge through my skin. The effect of a shot of cortisone was palpable, nothing like the subtle differences from the relatively small doses of EPO and testosterone I’d previously taken.""The three times I took Kenacort were also the times I was the lightest I’d been in my career, yet I didn’t lose power — often the penalty when a rider sheds weight. Physically, I looked like a machine, muscle fibers were visible and a road map of veins crisscrossed my entire body."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triamcinolone
In The Guardian today:
British Cycling and Team Sky credibility in tatters after hearing
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/mar/02/brit...
"This practice was first revealed by the Fancy Bears leaks of Sir Bradley Wiggins’s therapeutic use exemptions to use the medicine to treat pollen allergies before three major Tours in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and it could well prove to be the biggest issue thrown up by Sapstead’s inquiry team.
That is because of the amount of the corticosteroid – trade name Kenalog – ordered by British Cycling and Team Sky and, by implication, where it all went. Sapstead was clear on this. The quantity of triamcinolone ordered was “far more” than Wiggins would have required for his three injections: “You would think there was an excessive amount of triamcinolone being ordered for one person or quite a few people had a very similar problem.”
"In the absence of a clear audit of which riders had been given what, she added, her team at Ukad would have to go into individual medical records to establish to which riders it had been administered and whether that use was justified. The interview given by Wiggins to the Guardian about Fancy Bears in September 2016 adds little light; he stated that he had not been given it out of competition, but later conceded that he had been given an injection in Leeds for a knee injury in 2013."
DeltonaS said:
DeltonaS said:
Granfondo said:
mcelliott said:
Kawasicki said:
"Veins I didn’t even know existed would bulge through my skin. The effect of a shot of cortisone was palpable, nothing like the subtle differences from the relatively small doses of EPO and testosterone I’d previously taken.""The three times I took Kenacort were also the times I was the lightest I’d been in my career, yet I didn’t lose power — often the penalty when a rider sheds weight. Physically, I looked like a machine, muscle fibers were visible and a road map of veins crisscrossed my entire body."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triamcinolone
In The Guardian today:
British Cycling and Team Sky credibility in tatters after hearing
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/mar/02/brit...
"This practice was first revealed by the Fancy Bears leaks of Sir Bradley Wiggins’s therapeutic use exemptions to use the medicine to treat pollen allergies before three major Tours in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and it could well prove to be the biggest issue thrown up by Sapstead’s inquiry team.
That is because of the amount of the corticosteroid – trade name Kenalog – ordered by British Cycling and Team Sky and, by implication, where it all went. Sapstead was clear on this. The quantity of triamcinolone ordered was “far more” than Wiggins would have required for his three injections: “You would think there was an excessive amount of triamcinolone being ordered for one person or quite a few people had a very similar problem.”
"In the absence of a clear audit of which riders had been given what, she added, her team at Ukad would have to go into individual medical records to establish to which riders it had been administered and whether that use was justified. The interview given by Wiggins to the Guardian about Fancy Bears in September 2016 adds little light; he stated that he had not been given it out of competition, but later conceded that he had been given an injection in Leeds for a knee injury in 2013."
Edited by Granfondo on Thursday 2nd March 13:11
Wiggins transformation from a fairly average tour rider to a GC contender (when he came fourth I think) was put down to that old chestnut "by losing weight". Pretty much the same excuse as LA.
Not only did Froome lose weight, he was also diagnosed and treated for bilharzia.
I don't know where I am going with this, but it seems that if you start off with a treatable medical condition and are a bit of a chunk, then you could one day become a winner with an excuse.
Not only did Froome lose weight, he was also diagnosed and treated for bilharzia.
I don't know where I am going with this, but it seems that if you start off with a treatable medical condition and are a bit of a chunk, then you could one day become a winner with an excuse.
DeltonaS said:
Granfondo said:
DeltonaS said:
Granfondo said:
The ones that formed part of your quote!
That's why I quoted those pics, Froome used TUE's as well.Gassing Station | Sports | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff