The Great Britain cycling team doctor will miss the UCI Road World Championships, as racing continues amid the UK Anti-Doping i

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The Great Britain cycling team doctor will miss the UCI Road World Championships, as racing continues amid the UK Anti-Doping investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in the sport.British Cycling on Saturday said Dr. Richard Freeman would not accompany the team to Qatar for the event, which begins on Sunday and concludes on Oct. 16.British Cycling programmes director Andy Harrison said: This was a decision taken with the best interests of Richard and the riders.The news came a day after UKAD investigators met with British Cycling at the home of the national governing body, which it shares with Team Sky.Two UKAD officials on Friday travelled to the National Cycling Centre, which houses the Manchester Velodrome, known as the Medal Factory as the home of Britains most successful Olympic sport.UKAD would not comment further to protect the integrity of the investigation and would not disclose whether the meeting was pre-arranged or the result of an unannounced visit.British Cycling and Team Sky are cooperating with UKADs investigation; on Thursday evening it was one solitary claim being investigated but now there is more than one.Team Sky, launched with a zero tolerance policy to doping in 2010, strongly refute an allegation of wrongdoing and say they had asked British Cycling to contact UKAD.We will cooperate fully with UKAD, Team Sky said on Saturday. We hope (the investigation) can be completed as thoroughly and quickly as possible.Team Sky abide by the rules. We are committed to clean competition and we want you to know that we 100 per cent stand by that.British Cycling also said it is cooperating fully.The Press Association understands the UKAD investigation did not originate from a source within Team Sky or British Cycling, which have been intertwined since the road team was established for their first season in 2010.The initial UKAD announcement came as the Daily Mail reported the anti-doping authority is investigating Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins over the contents of a medical package, allegedly delivered to Team Sky in France at the conclusion of the Dauphine Libere stage race on June 12, 2011. The newspaper reported that UKAD is looking at what that contained.Freeman was Team Sky doctor at the time. He was also the doctor who initiated Wiggins application for therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) for anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone -- a substance which has a history of abuse in cycling -- on the eve of the 2011 and 2012 Tours de France and 2013 Giro dItalia.British Cycling said in a statement on Saturday: British Cycling can confirm that Dr Freeman will not travel with the Great Britain cycling team to the UCI Road World Championships.This was a decision jointly reached by the team management and Richard. The riders in Doha will instead be supported by the UCI medical team at the worlds, alongside the usual GBCT (Great Britain cycling team) support staff.There is no timescale for UKAD investigations into allegations of wrongdoing within cycling. UKAD did not go into any detail about the allegations and mentioned no names. Marcedes Lewis Super Bowl Jersey . Denis Coderre, the former federal MP who was elected mayor on Nov. 3, has drawn the ire of some Montreal Canadiens. During last nights game he tweeted: "Hello? Can we get a one-way ticket to (minor-league) Hamilton for David Desharnais please. [url=http://www.shoptheofficialpackers.com/Elite-Geronimo-Allison-Packers-Jersey/]Geronimo