Sir Bradley Wiggins under pressure from former coach to speak out on anti-asthma medicine
The cycling legend has been accused by MPs of crossing an 'ethical line'.
Sir Bradley Wiggins' former coach Shane Sutton has urged the five-time Olympic champion and former Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman to explain their use of anti-asthma medication.
A report by MPs accused Wiggins, Team Sky and principal Sir Dave Brailsford of "crossing an ethical line'' by using the medicine within the rules, but for performance enhancement.
They strongly deny the claims.
Sutton, the former Team Sky head coach and British cycling technical director, said: "I have no axe to grind with Brad. My axe to grind here is Brad and the doc (Freeman) had a chance to come forward.
"They had a chance to defend Dave Brailsford and it should have been them in front of the committee. I am calling for him and the doc to come forward now and tell the truth.''
Sutton continued: "The report is that he (Wiggins) didn't cheat, so come forward and tell everybody what you went through, how many times you administered this particular corticosteroid or whatever to combat what you were going through, and then let's just put it to bed.''
Sutton took exception to claims from an anonymous source stating to the committee that Wiggins and a group of riders trained separately and used triamcinolone to "lean down''.
The Australian said: "I know what training camps I was on with Brad, and for me that is a total lie and (is from) someone that very much, I would say, has an axe to grind with Team Sky.''