Seven questions that Team Sky and British Cycling still need to answer

Four hours of grilling by MPs raised as many questions as were answered

Team Sky and British Cycling have avoided doping charges over the mystery Jiffy bag

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The four hour sitting of the Culture, Media and Sport select committee gave MPs plenty of time to grill British Cycling and Team Sky bosses over therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs), suspicious medical packages, and, rather bizarrely, whether the place where BC stores its medical supplies could best be described as a cupboard or a room.

A good proportion of the questions were variations on "what was in that package?" before Dave Brailsford put us all out of our misery by saying that it was Fluimucil (a drug used to treat chest infections) that was delivered to Bradley Wiggins at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné. Or at least that's what a team doctor told him.

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Henry Robertshaw began his time at Cycling Weekly working with the tech team, writing reviews, buying guides and appearing in videos advising on how to dress for the seasons. He later moved over to the news team, where his work focused on the professional peloton as well as legislation and provision for cycling. He's since moved his career in a new direction, with a role at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.