British Cycling has been ordered by UK Sport, the government body that funds its performance programme, to conduct an urgent investigation after items including a bike were found for sale online.
The news comes as the governing body deals with the fallout of the resignation yesterday as technical director of Shane Sutton following allegations of discrimination. UK Sport is involved in investigating those claims.
> Shane Sutton resigns from British Cycling
According to Sky Sports News, UK Sport was emailed a screengrab of British Cycling kit and equipment including the bike being sold online. It has not been reported which website was involved.
On eBay, one vendor, jonvelo, is currently selling a variety of British Cycling skinsuits – amongst his other wares which include inflatable penis suits, while another seller, yellosweeptwo, also has a number available, some described as “rider issue.” It is not known whether either is linked to the sales British Cycling has been asked to investigate.
UK Sport is providing British Cycling with £30.6 million in funding for the Rio Olympic and Paralympic cycle from 2013-17 – putting the sport second only to rowing, and a 17.7 per cent increase from London 2012.
In a statement, it said: “UK Sport has asked British Cycling to investigate these allegations as a matter of urgency as it is vital we protect our investment in all sports on the World Class Programme.
“It is not appropriate to speculate or comment further until the investigation is complete.”
Besides eBay, websites selling equipment including bikes used by professionals include Road Cycle Exchange, which currently has an ex-Team Sky Pinarello Dogma for sale, and Goexpro, with bikes and other kit from Wiggle-High5 and Movistar. Neither appears to have any British Cycling equipment for sale.
6 thoughts on “British Cycling ordered to investigate online sales of GB kit”
Hang on, weren’t these bikes
Hang on, weren’t these bikes supposedly available for sale, albeit for ludicrous sums of money and lead times stretching off into the never never? I thought all UCI approved bikes must be available for purchase. Or did the rules change and the following page is out of date?
http://www.uksport.gov.uk/resources/track-cycling
It couldn’t possibly be they weren’t actually ever available to buy, surely??
mrpaul wrote:
I think they’re miffed that it looks like issued kit – not general supply.
Bike excepted: It is ‘old
Bike excepted: It is ‘old style’ issued kit. If it was given to a rider who then took better care of their stock of kit and managed to keep a spare set why should they not sell it on? If they had signed it and claimed it was for charity no-one would have batted an eyelid.
Bike: That is dodgy. Surely the bike belongs to BC the same way road team bikes do and BC should maybe sell them on through their own site the way the pro teams do?
One way that Lance Armstrong
One way that Lance Armstrong funded his doping, by keeping pharmaceutical sales to a minimum, was by off-loading bikes and other gear for cash. Tyler Hamilton talks about how he and Landis were disgruntled that they got nothing but old team issue kit.
I hope that is not the case here. I doubt that Sutton will hold his tongue now if he is accused of such a thing. I would think the auditors would be interested if BC hold a charitable status.
Skinsuit reseller Jonvelo
Skinsuit reseller Jonvelo also sells inflatable cocks on Ebay. You can get them in brown or pink, which is a nice inclusive touch. I can’t decide.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BIG-INFLATABLE-BLACK-PENIS-FANCY-DRESS-COCK-COSTUME-STAG-HEN-NIGHT-WILLY-OUTFIT-/221957522896?var=&hash=item33adb305d0:m:mUpJJTEBQoMh_Swxy2GgzZA
The perfect outfit if I was
The perfect outfit if I was staying at the Plough Hotel in NZ on a cycling trip.