Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman won't defend himself in a UKAD case

Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman is to put forward no defence in his current UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) case. According to the Times, Freeman had been due to attend a hearing last month, but informed UKAD that he would not be defending himself.

The two UKAD rule violations Freeman is alleged to have committed are "possession of prohibited substances and/or prohibited methods" and "tampering or attempted tampering with any part of doping control".

In 2021, Freeman admitted 18 of the 22 charges brought against him by the tribunal, including purchasing the banned Testogel and lying to UKAD, in a case that had dragged on for two years since February 2019.

But Freeman had denied the four charges relating to the delivery of testosterone to British Cycling and Team Sky HQ in June 2011. He was cleared of one – that he ordered Testogel when he "knew it was not clinically indicated for the non-athlete member of staff".