British Cycling request Team Sky move out of shared offices
The recent controversies have clearly taken their toll on the relationship between British Cycling and Team Sky.
The controversies that have hit Team Sky since late last year has resulted in British Cycling’s decision to ask the WorldTour outfit to move out of their shared offices, according to The Guardian newspaper.
“Board members at British Cycling are understood to have pushed for a discernible split between the two organisations which have shared a base and personnel since Team Sky were founded in 2010,” the paper writes.
“They believe it would be a significant move in the battle to restore British Cycling’s reputation, with an announcement expected early next week.
“The closeness of the two has been the source of great consternation during the past 14 months as each lurched from one damaging episode to another.”
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While British Cycling is based at the Manchester velodrome campus and Team Sky have several bases, the team still occupies some offices at the velodrome.
And in the interests of making it clear that British Cycling and Team Sky are separate entities, the Guardian reports a formal request that the team finds other accommodation in the UK is about to be made.
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Both entities have been dogged by controversy of late.
British Cycling has found itself at the centre of sexism and bullying allegations. It was begun by the damaging and very public falling out with former international track rider Jess Varnish over a year ago.
That episode saw Shane Sutton depart the organisation in the build-up to the Rio Olympics.
And Team Sky’s credibility has been pummelled by the leaking of Bradley Wiggins’ therapeutic use exemptions during his time with the team.
On top of that controversy it has struggled in its bid to account for the contents of a medical jiffy bag delivered for Wiggins at the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2011.
Team Sky has insisted there was no more than an over the counter decongestant in the bag. However, its explanations have been muddled and unclear.
The medicine came from British Cycling’s stores in Manchester and the whole episode has had the federation’s Dr Richard Freeman at its centre.
It has all been damaging for the national body and Team Sky and blurred the lines between them.
It seems British Cycling now believes clear water should be put between it and the team it has shared offices with for seven years by the WorldTour outfit moving out.
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