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OBE may not be winning the TdF but they've been winning monuments, one-day races and stages in the TdF from the get-go. They have been extremely successful but simply don't receive the same teeth-grinding aggression that Sky do from corners of Twitter. And now they are developing into a GT team with the Yates bro's and Chaves, but they seem to get a mostly free pass.
As far as Wiggins goes, 3 TUEs in how long a career? Did he win any of his Olympic medals with a TUE? He's been a world-class athlete throughout his career, mayhap they pushed the limits to get him the TdF win, but he didn't have a TUE in 2009 when with Garmin when coming third, unless you think Vaughters and Millar ran a dirty team and were doping him back then. He was winning stage races before he had the TUE in 2011, 2012 and 2013. I've said before allergies are an utter arse and if they affected him badly in 2010 when he was poor in the TdF I can see why they went down the TUE route. Was it an abuse of the system? Maybe, but then that is a fault of the system.
No TUEs for his hour record, ITT world champs, recent track achievements. I don't think they should over shadow his entire career. Unless you are of the opinion that they are the tip of the iceberg and he's been doping his entire career, just like his Da.