Who else knew about the Testogel? Which rider was it for? And what really lay behind Team Sky and British Cycling’s success?
In that golden decade when Team Sky and British Cycling won almost everything in sight, their media acolytes would often attribute their success to marginal gains, the pursuit of microscopic advantages in myriad areas, right down to washing hands before entering a building.
However, a different form of handwashing took place after a medical tribunal in Manchester dispensed its guilty verdict against the former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman for ordering banned testosterone “knowing or believing” it was for an unnamed rider.
