Team Sky have explored many legal ways to improve their riders’ performance, from nutrition to the design of their bikes Bryn Lennon/Getty ImagesTeam Sky tested Viagra on their riders to work out if it could be used to improve athletic performance, it has been reported. The drug, commonly associated with sexual performance, was tested at an altitude training camp for endurance riders not long after the team was founded in 2010, according to the Daily Mail. Viagra is not banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), so no athlete is under suspicion of breaking the rules. However, Wada did consider adding Viagra to the banned list in 2008 after some endurance athletes reported it boosted blood flow to their lungs. Team Sky tested Viagra while the…

Source: The Times March 09, 2017 12:07 UTC