Bradley Wiggins said that the DCMS committee did not speak with him during the jiffy bag investigation.GETTY IMAGES
Former cyclist Bradley Wiggins said that "sinister" new information has come to his attention regarding the investigation into the "jiffy bag" delivered to Team Sky at the 2011 Criterium du Dauphiné, adding that he would "love it all to come out" and alleging that certain people are "bricking it at the moment," according to Tom Cary of the London TELEGRAPH. While acting as a pundit during the 14th stage of the Tour de France, Wiggins was asked about the year-long investigation into a medical package flown to France seven years ago. Asked whether, with hindsight, Team Sky could have handled the therapeutic use exemptions and "jiffy-bag" case better, Wiggins said, "Probably yeah, in terms of record-keeping etc. But there are things that have come to light with this whole thing that we've found out since that are quite scary actually and it's very sinister." He added, "There are a few people bricking it at the moment, I know that for sure. I hope it comes out of its own accord but it is in certain people's interest for it not to come out and get buried. We'll see" (TELEGRAPH, 7/21). In London, William Fotheringham reported Wiggins claimed the Department of Culture, Media & Sport committee had not attempted to speak to him in person and added, "The report was fabricated stuff and it seems that they used parliamentary privilege to get it through legally. If I'd murdered someone and was on trial, all that unsubstantiated evidence couldn't be used -- it would be lack of evidence, thrown out. But you use parliamentary privilege and you can produce a report, try and ruin someone and there you go." DCMS Committee Chair Damian Collins said that the department responded to a suggestion from Wiggins' then-agent about meeting the committee but it "never heard back" (GUARDIAN, 7/21).
