Former British Cycling chief doctor Freeman banned for four years

Ban is first doping sanction from golden era of British Cycling

Former Team Doctor Dr. Richard Freeman poses during a Team SKY portrait session. Pic: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

The former chief doctor of Team Sky and British Cycling Richard Freeman has been handed a four-year doping ban for possession of a banned substance and twice lying to UK Anti-Doping investigators.

Freeman was struck off the medical register in 2021 after being found guilty of ordering 30 sachets of a banned testosterone to the National Cycling Centre, “knowing or believing” it was for an unnamed rider to improve their performance.