Wiggins on TUE saga: 'I'd love it to all come out… it's quite shocking'

The 2012 Tour de France winner says the Jiffy Bag saga could have been handled better

Bradley Wiggins on stage 17 of the 2012 Tour de France (Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Sir Bradley Wiggins, 2012 Tour de France winner, says that it would be "quite shocking" to people to see all the details around the TUE/Team Sky saga.

The Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) for a powerful corticosteroid drug leaked to the surface by Russian hacker group Fancy Bears in 2016. It sent shock waves through British Cycling and Team Sky, leading to the famous drama of the jiffy bag sent to Wiggins at the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.