The 'missed' test was in May, and Sportsmail can also reveal that Wiggins has committed a total of three whereabouts - or filing - failures in his career. Under the system operated by the World Anti-Doping Agency, athletes have to provide a daily one-hour slot when a doping control officer can test them. In May, Wiggins committed a whereabouts failure owing, he claims, to confusion surrounding a flight back from the Tour of California. Until then athletes faced being banned if they missed three drug tests in 18 months. WHAT WIGGINS SAID ABOUT DEIGNAN'S 'WHEREABOUTS FAILURES':'When you're a professional athlete and you're a world champion, there's no excuse, because it's your career.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 14, 2016 21:56 UTC