BROMSGROVE track cyclist Jess Varnish said she felt like she was ‘thrown under the bus’ by the British Cycling Board and has called for the body to be ousted if the findings of an internal investigation are reversed.
The 26-year-old accused former technical director Shane Sutton of using sexist language towards her when she was released for the governing body’s elite programme.
But of nine allegations made against Mr Sutton, only was upheld and a draft version of the report has since been leaked to the Daily Mail.
The leaked report accuses the board of ‘reversing’ the results of BCB’s director Alex Russell’s internal investigation in an attempt to clear Sutton of his claims.
Speaking to the BBC Jess said: “I had absolutely no faith in the investigation from the get go.
“Now there needs to be changes. These people can’t be still in there if they’ve reversed facts.
“They can’t still be able to be on that board.
“I think the facts say it for themselves if they’re overturning facts just to protect themselves and to protect the look of British Cycling.
“It’s a lot easier for them to throw me under the bus rather than the whole of British Cycling and for the actual truth to come out.”
