Tom Dumoulin says the Bradley Wiggins/TUE episode 'stinks'

Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin is strongly against the use of drugs such as triamcinolone, and says medications administered via unnecessary TUEs are unfair

Tom Dumoulin at the 2016 Tour de France

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) says that Bradley Wiggins’s pre-Tour de France corticosteroid injection "stinks" and that superfluous TUEs are "cheating."

Russian hacker group Fancy Bears published the therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) of several athletes in the last two weeks using data gained illegally from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) database

Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription

Join now for unlimited access

Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

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.