The more I read about this, the more sympathetic I am to Yates. The bloke indicated on his Paris-Nice dope testing form that he was on the drug, ffs. Hardly the actions of someone who a) was trying to get away with sneakily taking a performance enhancer and b) someone who didn't think he had a TUE.
Oh well. Monitor him very very closely from now on, but I'd argue for leniency on the evidence we've heard so far.
The more I read about this, the more sympathetic I am to Yates. The bloke indicated on his Paris-Nice dope testing form that he was on the drug, ffs. Hardly the actions of someone who a) was trying to get away with sneakily taking a performance enhancer and b) someone who didn't think he had a TUE.
Oh well. Monitor him very very closely from now on, but I'd argue for leniency on the evidence we've heard so far.