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  • So you are saying the TUE was applied and awarded for fraudulent reasons? You know that how? Its more simple speculation, just like any speculation over what a rider takes to achieve the results.

    The injection Wiggins got as I understand is a one off one that suppresses allergy attacks for six months. He had three of them throughout his entire career. HTFU? You obviously have never had severe allergies, you can't do fuck all when you are suffering from them.

    I don't make the rules, WADA does, and I expect them to make rules that don't allow athletes to gain an unfair advantage. Travis Tygart said this:

    "It's unthinkable that in the Olympic movement hackers would illegally
    obtain confidential medical information in an attempt to smear
    athletes to make it look as if they have done something wrong.

    "The athletes haven't. In fact in each of the situations, the athlete
    has done everything right in adhering to the global rules for
    obtaining permission to use a needed medication."

    So yes its 100% legal, and the rest is pure speculation, whether the TUEs were gained fraudulently, whether they actually benefited them in terms of performance, and at that point it becomes a case of personal bias, about how you feel about the athletes. Someone mentioned Valverde, and yes we do give him a hard time, but compared to the barrage of bile Froome, Wiggins and Sky get on Twitter and in the Clinic it is mild in the fucking extreme.

  • Someone mentioned Valverde, and yes we do give him a hard time

    That's because he is, unlike Froome, Wiggins or anyone at Sky, a proven cheat. One who is unrepentant about it too.

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