GERAINT THOMAS insists he wants to believe in Bradley Wiggins — but admits the sicknote controversy has raised question marks.
Thomas is a former Team Sky and GB team-mate of Wiggins, who is under fire for using Therapeutic Use Exemptions to take an otherwise banned asthma drug.
He insists five-time Olympic champ Wiggo had not broken any rules but the use of TUE’s before three major races — including his 2012 Tour de France triumph — was a grey area.
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The Welsh flier, 30, said: “I want to believe him. He’s someone I have always admired. He didn’t break any rules but the ethical stance is a lot more of a grey area.
“If someone has asthma and it affects their performance by five per cent and then they take a drug that helps them 10 per cent, how do you measure that?”
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