Surely it’s up to the authority granting the TUE to determine the genuiness or ortherwise of the request? Teams will always try it on.
Yes, but there is then a right of appeal to Social Media - if they judge you guilty, you should be banned. Simples!
You cannot rely on the cycling authorities, Matt.
If you knew anything, you would know that. Think about the major scandals of the last 20 years and cross-reference how many were caught by the cycling authorities.
Festina? Lance? Miller? Rasmussen? Basso? Ulrich? Think about Puerto.
There is precisely zero likelihood that Froome is a clean rider. Zero. Based on career trajectory alone. There are precisely no informed observer's who think that he is. Not even Walsh, now that he has banked his 30 pieces of silver. Team Sky's total lack of transparency and trail of lies is just symptomatic.