The former chief doctor of Team Sky and British Cycling, Richard Freeman, has been handed a four-year doping ban by the national anti-doping panel. This sanction comes as a result of Freeman’s possession of a banned substance and his dishonesty in lying to UK Anti-Doping investigators.
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Freeman’s ban marks the first official doping sanction for a member of staff from the golden era of British Cycling, a period during which the team achieved remarkable success in both track and road cycling. Notably, Freeman served as the physician for the team during the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games and also worked closely with prominent cyclists such as Sir Bradley Wiggins.
