Chris Froome says questions remain over Team Sky and Sir Bradley Wiggins seeking permission to use anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone. Cris Carter Vikings Jersey .Wiggins in 2012 became the first British Tour de France winner and Froome has since inherited the Team Sky leadership and won the yellow jersey three times, in 2013, 2015 and 2016.Wiggins received three therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) for triamcinolone -- a substance which has a history of abuse in cycling and is otherwise banned -- on the eve of the 2011 and 2012 Tours and 2013 Giro dItalia.Wiggins and Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford have strenuously denied any wrongdoing, insisting each time the TUEs were medically necessary to deal with a pollen allergy that aggravated Wiggins long-standing asthma condition.The TUEs also had the approval of the UCI, cyclings world governing body, and there is no suggestion that Wiggins or the team have broken any rules.Froome, however, was unaware of his former teammates TUEs, with Wiggins leaving the team in April 2015.I was surprised, it was the first that I had heard of them, he told cyclingnews.com. I had seen Bradley Wiggins using his inhalers so I knew he had asthma, but I wasnt aware of his allergies.Without knowing the exact details of his medical condition, its impossible to say if he was operating in a grey area.Froome has previously secured two TUEs for short courses of prednisolone, a steroid used to treat acute chest complaints, in 2013 and 2014.The latter was controversial at the time as it was granted retrospectively to enable the 31-year-old Froome to take part in a key Tour de France warm-up race in Switzerland, despite being ill a week before.His TUE application was cleared by the UCI and WADA and he went on to win the Tour de Romandie.Cyclingnews.com said it asked Froome the difference between the TUE cases, with the 31-year-old replying by email, outlining the history of the case.This is the standard treatment for post-infection inflammation in asthmatics that cannot be controlled by standard inhalers, Froome added. I dont believe that there are any alternative treatments, and performance enhancement is negligible.With regards to Wiggins TUEs, questions remain over his symptoms, the choice of treatment and the related performance benefits from that treatment.While Froome admitted there were questions to answer, former Team Sky rider Mark Cavendish insisted it was unfair to subject Wiggins to speculation about his TUE use without a more detailed explanation of his health condition.He told the Daily Telegraph: This is not sticking up for Brad and its not getting at Brad -- just take away who is involved for the moment -- there are rules. And you either break the rules or you dont break the rules. And unless you know Brads medical situation, the rest is just speculation.Maybe Brad needed a TUE legitimately; maybe he could have used something else. But unless you know, it is just speculation. And Im not going to speculate.UCI president Brian Cookson, who was British Cycling president until his election to the world governing body in September 2013 and also sat on the Team Sky board, says Team Sky and Wiggins operated within the rules.The issue of the substances issued to Wiggins appears to have been within the rules, Cookson told reporters at the UCI Road World Championships, which concluded in Doha on Sunday. But I think there is an argument to be had about whether TUEs for that kind of substance are valid.Since the TUEs leak, UK Anti-Doping has launched an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing in cycling.Froome, who has been on a family holiday in recent weeks, added: Its a great shame for the sport that were once again debating the validity of a Tour de France victory, and it has been a very challenging time for those involved.Like many other members of the team, I look forward to the conclusion of the investigation that is currently taking place and getting back to focusing on the season ahead. Paul Krause Jersey . The players spoke Jan. 13 during a Major League Baseball Players Association conference call after Rodriguez sued the union and Major League Baseball to overturn an arbitrators decision suspending him for the 2014 season and post-season. Linval Joseph Youth Jersey . LOUIS -- St. http://www.vikingsteamofficial.com/chuck-foreman-jersey/ . 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Jarryd Haynes former NFL team, the San Francisco 49ers, are among at least 16 clubs sending scouts to watch NRL stars Jason Taumalolo and Valentine Holmes work out in Los Angeles on the weekend.The New York Jets, Carolina Panthers, Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals have also indicated they will attend Saturdays closed door session near the University of Southern California campus.At this point Ive heard from more than half the league, Jeff Foster, president of National Football Scouting that is organising the workout, told AAP on Wednesday.Haynes hot and cold season with the 49ers last year obviously did not dampen the teams interest in physically elite, but NFL raw rugby league players.The workout has been scheduled to allow NFL scouts to watch Taumalolo and Holmes and then travel to the nearby LA Coliseum, site of the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics, to watch one of US college footballs biggest games of the weekend, USC against Notre Dame.Foster said Taumalolo, 23, and Holmes, 21, will undergo NFL Combine style tests.Well weigh and measure them and put them through a series of timed events like the 40 yard dash, three cone drill, the shuttles, well broad jump and vertical jump, Foster said. Everson Griffen Youth Jersey. From there well run them through some simple position specific drills.They are ball handlers first so well determine what positions in rugby translate to what positions in the NFL.Taumalolo is a 191cm tall, 113kg lock/second-row with the North Queensland Cowboys and Holmes is a 185cm, 87kg fullback/winger with the Cronulla Sharks.Foster said they will do some basic workouts at the wide receiver, running back and tight end offensive positions.Then from there we will also look at some really basic defensive positions, he said.Just based off size and the physical nature of them, we will likely look at safety and outside linebacker positions.The pair flew from London to LA immediately after playing against each other in the Australia-New Zealand Four Nations final.Taumalolo and Holmes are contracted to their NRL clubs until the end of the 2017 season so interested NFL teams may have to wait a year before they move to the US. 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