Bradley Wiggins broke no rules, no grey area at Team Sky, says Portal

Nicolas Portal has leapt to the defence of Bradley Wiggins and Dave Brailsford, insisting that Team Sky have not broken any rules and that the team's ethical standards are higher than those of the Movement for Credible Cycling (MPCC), but that cycling teams should work within the same guidelines.

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.