Nicolas Roche has insisted that Team Sky’s team time trial at the Worlds was not affected by the ongoing TUE investigation into the team and Bradley Wiggins, as well as the Fancy Bears leaks.

"It's related to 2011, when I think two-thirds of us here today were not even on the team. It's something we have more info on from reading the media than anything else. We learn about it on Twitter and the internet. That's how much we know about it. You just get the info at the same time as everybody else," Roche told Cyclingnews.

Roche has long been against therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs), and has been tweeting about them for some time. He believes the problem lies within the system itself.

"Like I said already on my Twitter a few weeks ago, when WADA was hacked the first time and before the Wiggins story, there is a major problem with TUEs," Roche said. "There is a problem with the actual system. Again, you can do whatever you want against Wiggins, but unfortunately, as far as ethically it's wrong, he is within the rules. It is wrong that these rules are like that. That's where the main problem is. Once we get those rules right, there won't be any abuse, but that's the priority."

He says that the problem must be solved by the World Anti-Doping Agency, as the problem doesn’t just affect cycling, but athletics, tennis and all other sports.

"It's a problem not just in cycling, but in all sport. There was something like 6,000 TUEs this year or something like that. To be honest, this year, I was sick three times and I never needed a TUE, so there is a real problem on the easiness of getting TUEs and how athletes can abuse them. I think if you work on that, then you have a solution. But the problem is much more than Wiggins, it's the whole system that needs to be revised."