British cycling is shrouded in a cloud that ''relates to doping,'' a legislator said Monday, prompting a defiant defense of its integrity by the architects of the country's successful Olympic and Tour de France programs. Most of the questioning of Team Sky and British Cycling leaders during testy exchanges at British parliamentary doping hearings related to a medical package sent to star rider Bradley Wiggins five years ago. Team Sky head Dave Brailsford ended two months of mystery surrounding the package - that was hand delivered from England to the 2011 Dauphine Libere race in France by British Cycling employee Simon Cope - by disclosing that it was a legal decongestant.
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