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He had other TUEs to manage his allergies/asthma, going back to 2008. With those presumably he could manage the asthma, but the injection was at the time seen as a better, stronger medication to alleviate his symptoms.
3 weeks in a block, rather than a shorter week-long race, much more exposure to pollen. Wasn't Quintana's poor showing at the Tour explained by hayfever? And his numbers showed he was significantly slower during the race, compared to his usual performance.
As I said I suffered with severe allergies when I was younger, and it does make me sympathetic to it. Unless of course it is a big fat lie, he doesn't suffer from it and all his TUEs are bullshit.
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If they last for six months, why not have the injection in the Spring to cover you through the race season?
Wiggins raced and won Paris-Nice, the Dauphine and Romandie in 2012 before he received an injection. Surely he rode through some crop fields and meadows in the latter two races at least. Odd that his symptoms should come on shortly before the tour