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Re: Re: It doesn't read like that to me. It looks like they paid solicitors fees in relation to his first positive test, but the team manager is saying he doesn't think they should be coughing up for the second infringement. That doesn't sound like team sponsored doping, more like Sherwen was...

I read the UCI TUE web page again, and I think I understand the situation more clearly. All athletes in the registered testing pool (RTP) have to get their TUEs through the UCI. The RTP selection criteria and the full list of athletes are here...

Re: Re: No, I have to admit I don't really understand the point you are trying to make, and I don't think have understood the question I was asking. I am simply asking why there are not many more athletes using TUEs, if the TUE system can be misused to gain a legal performance advantage. So...

Re: Sky You do realise that although UKAD messed up the first test, Armistead was caught bang to rights for the test she missed and her whereabouts reporting discrepancy don't you? How can you tell if Wiggins TUE is invalid without access to his medical history? Of course it's possible that...

I noticed on the UCI website that TUEs may be issued by national anti doping agencies, and these will be accepted by the UCI. However it wasn't clear to me if the total on the UCI site was all TUEs or only TUEs issued directly by the UCI. Does anyone have a definitive answer to this?

The other obvious question is, if the Sky TUEs are such a glaring abuse of the TUE system, why is everyone else not doing it? It's common sense to expect that lots of people would be helping themselves to some "legalised doping", but the UCI TUE web page records only 13 TUEs for 2015.

So if an individual requires TUE treatment, you think they shouldn't be allowed to compete, i.e. you would discriminate against a person because of a health condition? Or, you think they should compete in the Paralympics, so presumably you think using a TUE is not acceptable in non Paralympic...

So what are you advocating, exactly?

I see no reason why medical confidentiality (an important principle which we all take for granted) should be removed for athletes. Athletes have to declare their medical conditions and justify their TUE requests in confidence to qualified professionals. Can anyone proposing that TUEs be...