Former British Cycling and Team Sky chief doctor Richard Freeman's fitness to practise medicine is impaired, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal has ruled.
Dr Freeman admitted 18 of 22 charges against him at the start of the long-running hearing in 2019 and on Friday was found guilty of all but one, including ordering testosterone to British Cycling headquarters "knowing or believing" that it was to be given to a rider for doping purposes.
Dr Freeman's QC Mary O'Rourke offered no submissions on his behalf when the hearing resumed on Wednesday and, after a day's deliberation, the tribunal gave their verdict on his fitness to practise.
The conclusion read: "The Tribunal bore in mind that Dr Freeman's misconduct involved a number of significant elements, including serious dishonesty, as well as behaviour which could have placed patients at unwarranted risk of harm.
"It concluded that public confidence in the profession would be undermined if a finding of impairment were not made.
"The Tribunal has therefore determined that Dr Freeman's fitness to practise is impaired by reason of his misconduct."
