UCI president David Lappartient adds to pressure on Dave Brailsford

Pressure was building on Sir Dave Brailsford to resign from his position as head of Team Sky following the news that they face another major anti-doping investigation.

The head of cycling’s governing body claimed the findings of a parliamentary committee report may damage the sport’s credibility. The UCI president, David Lappartient, called for the organisation’s independent integrity division to investigate Team Sky.

“We have the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation, they have the power of investigation. I would like them to do this, to see if there is some violation of anti-doping rules,” he said.

The Frenchman urged further investigation after a report by the digital, culture, media and sport select committee this week concluded that Bradley Wiggins, and possibly support riders at Team Sky, had abused the anti-doping rules in the buildup to the Briton’s 2012 Tour de France victory.

MPs found Wiggins had taken the powerful corticosteroid triamcinolone not to treat a legitimate medical condition but to improve power‑to‑weight ratio. They claimed that performance-enhancing benefits would have been experienced even during the race.

Before three Grand Tours Wiggins had obtained therapeutic use exemption forms, effectively a doctor’s note, to allow him to take triamcinolone, which would usually be banned. Lappartient said the rules around TUEs had been tightened but called for another inquiry to establish whether Team Sky, led by Brailsford, had committed anti-doping rule violations.

Source: theguardian