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King Boonen said:
Mod hat on:
I'm waiting for either a link to the witness statement or a story that specifically names Sutton.
I don't have a link, it was in The Telegraph paper just before Xmas long since used to light the fire i'm afraid. It was around the time when Freeman was claiming the Testosterone was for Sutton and then Sutton was refuting he was the intended recipient. looks like there's an online version here if you have a Telegraph subscription. I think Road.cc and a few other cycling sites reported the same story, but not where I read it.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling...laims-among-intended-recipients-testosterone/
The witness statement part was in The Times link previos, who's reporter believed it will be about "[Freeman] intended to prescribe the testosterone privately to a non-athlete staff member with erectile dysfunction problems."
Given Freeman's already said the Testosterone was for Sutton, i'm not sure the need to keep proving links, it's not exactly new news anyway, especially given Sutton's already denied it in the press anyway. It's obvious Freeman will not change his claim it was for Sutton if you ask me. He said Sutton to UKAD 2 years ago and he's said Sutton to GMC too now it seems.
Edit:
I've found The Telegraphs story reproduced on Road.cc. Can't find original link, only a cached page, but I remember this page coming up on their live blog or twitter at the time too, but it's just a copy of Telegraph mostly:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c....0.0..0.0.0.......4....1..gws-wiz.7Ydh_sF9XaI
Former British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton has refuted suggestions that he was one of senior staff for whom testosterone patches allegedly ordered by Dr Richard Freeman, who left the organisation’s medical staff last year.
Now, Telegraph Sport has reported (link is external) that Sutton was specifically named by Freeman as being one of the recipients of the patches, the existence of which only came to light when officials from UK Anti-doping (UKAD) visited the National Cycling Centre as part of its investigation, since closed, into allegations of wrongdoing at Team Sky and British Cycling.
But Sutton said: “I had absolutely no knowledge of it. The first I heard of the testosterone was via a meeting with UKAD and then I saw it on Cycling News."