Richard Freeman’s barrister has claimed a current British Cycling coach used a Coke can containing urine to try to help Shane Sutton cover up a doping offence during his riding career. The explosive allegation was among several against Sutton raised by the former British Cycling doctor’s barrister Mary O’Rourke QC during Dr Freeman’s ongoing medical tribunal on Tuesday. A series of allegations then followed, the most serious being that a current British Cycling coach handed Sutton Coke containing urine during an edition of the Tour of Ireland in an attempt to beat a doping test. Dr Freeman says Sutton bullied him into placing an order for testosterone gel in May 2011, something Sutton denies. The PA news agency has contacted British Cycling for comment.

Source: Irish Examiner December 10, 2019 15:00 UTC