King Boonen said:
Listening to Sapstead now. No wonder Freeman hasn't turned up, this is not sounding good.
It was entirely awful, I actually felt bad for Cope as like many before him, Brailsford left him hanging. Sapstead really only reacted when the spotlight was on her. If this never got as far as the CMS hearings her report would have been "no violations found". It just goes to show that UKAD, UKsport have no way of controlling Sky or Brailsford. He does as he pleases.
Freeman is toast, not just for losing his job but the GMC will investagte stripping him of his medical licence.
Interestingly UKAD found after cortisone orders to feed an entire peloton, whether for one rider or many is unclear. Drug abuse at minimum.
Not sure where this will go. There's simply nothing UKAD can do as there are no records. My sense is Sky will have to back off the cortisone and find another way to cheat the system.
Sad day all round that it was allowed to get this far.... looking at you David Walsh.