The key figures in British Cycling have been put through their paces and you can watch the UK parliamentary hearing in full.
After months of controversy that rocked British cycling, the key people in the most influential jobs in both Team Sky and British Cycling were called on to answer questions today, Monday.
Among them was Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford and Shane Sutton, who had until recently been British Cycling's technical director and was a key figure in Team Sky for several seasons.
They were all appearing before the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, which is part of the British parliament.
And they answered questions on the medical package – of ‘jiffy bag’ - delivered to Team Sky on the final day of the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2011; a race won by British cycling's biggest star and first Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins.
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The delivery of the jiffy bag emerged in October just after the Fancy Bears Russian hacking team hacked into WADA’s database, in an unrelated action, and released the TUE details of top sports stars across a variety of sports.
The published documents showed Wiggins availed of triamcinolone under sanctioned therapeutic use exemptions before the Tour in 2011 and 2012 and the Giro d'Italia of 2013.
Wiggins and Team Sky have been criticised for availing of TUEs for the substances.
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Some past and current top riders have said the substance resulted in weight loss and power gain.
Those TUEs were also discussed at today's parliamentary hearing.
British Cycling’s president Bob Howden and its board director Dr George Gilbert were up first, followed by Sutton on his own and then Brailsford on his own for a combined session that lasted a total of three hours.
You can read our news report from earlier by following this link and we'll have analysis later.
Below, Howden’s and Gilbert’s appearance can be viewed from the start of the footage, at 11:21am.
Sutton can be watched from 12:33pm and Brailsford from 13:20pm – the times can be scrolled forward to on the device at the bottom of the screen.
The hearing in full; three sessions
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