Sutton confident British Cycling in the clear

‘Let the truth come out and move on’

LONDON, Oct 23, (AFP): Former British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton believes star rider Bradley Wiggins and the national governing body will be exonerated amid an ongoing investigation by United Kingdom Anti-Doping.

Wiggins has been in the spotlight since leaked medical data showed the five-time Olympic champion had been granted a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) by cycling authorities for the powerful steroid triamcinolone, which he was permitted to take before the 2012 Tour de France, which he won, and the 2011 Tour and 2013 Giro d’Italia.

UKAD is also looking into a package delivered to Team Sky at the end of a Criterium du Dauphine stage race won by Wiggins in June 2011. Team France, plans to retire at the end of this year and is set to race on home soil for the final time at the London Six Day event, starting on Tuesday.

“I think we all need to get behind him again and support him because in my belief, this guy has done no wrong,” said Sutton.

British Cycling announced this week that chief executive Ian Drake will stand down in April, a move he said was not linked to the recent controversies involving Wiggins and Team Sky.

Estonian rider Tanel Kangert (Astana Pro Team) gestures on the podium after winning the Abu Dhabi Tour in Yas Marina Circuit, in the United Arab Emirates, on

Oct 23. (AFP)