With no love lost between Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome, Wiggins’ wife Cath entered the fray when she learned of Froome’s Vuelta dope testing findings.
Cath Wiggins has apologised for insulting Chris Froome
In a somewhat unusual twist to the controversy around Chris Froome’s adverse Vuelta dope test, Bradley Wiggins’ wife Cath has been forced into a public apology.
She took to Facebook on Wednesday when the story broke and made some very unusual remarks about Froome.
Cath Wiggins shared The Guardian story about Froome’s test results with the following message:
"I am going to be sick. Nothing in the news. If I was given to conspiracy theory I'd allege they'd thrown my boy under the bus on purpose to cover for this slithering reptile."
Her post could not be seen by the public. However, one of her Facebook friends took a screen shot which got passed around on social media.
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Many people assumed the message was a fake. However, it appears now that it was genuine. And she has again taken to Facebook to comment; this time to apologise.
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"Sorry everyone for my emotional comments and insults,” she said in the updated post.
“Too much stress has got the better of me. Heat of the moment things and certainly not my intent to fan any flames."
It emerged this week that Froome returned an Adverse Analytical Finding at the Vuelta a Espana. Asthma medication Salbutamol was found in his sample at twice the allowable dose.
The test result was returned after stage 18 and now the UCI is seeking an explanation.
Froome requested his B sample also be tested and it returned the same result as the A sample.
WADA permits a concentration of the substance of 1,000ng/ml.
Wiggins is also no stranger to controversy of late. His hack TUE details showed he had availed of TUEs for corticosteroid triamcinolone.
He did so before the Tour de France in 2011, which he crashed out of, and in 2012 when he won.
Wiggins also availed of a third TUE before the Giro d’Italia the following year. He has said that the TUEs were to treat respiratory problems linked to hay fever.
And while they were within the rules and sanction for his use, some cyclists have said behaved in an unethical manner and gained an advantage.
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