Your Racing, Your Meds: Do You Need A TUE?
“...We trust THE VAST MAJORITY OF MEMBERS DO THE RIGHT THING and aren’t deliberately using prohibited substances ...”
YOU ARE A HANDY 20-something year old club racer who relies on insulin, a banned substance in cycling, to control your diabetes. You have taken notice of the regular notices from Cycling Australia and the national anti-drugs body ASADA about not using banned substances in sport, but you cannot survive without the medication.
You’ve heard that if you need to take banned substances for medical reasons, that you need to get something called a TUE (therapeutic use exemption). But you are not an elite rider. Do you need a TUE?
Perhaps you are a 40-something masters rider who races club plus some state and national master’s events and you need to take hydrocortisone, also a banned substance, for your medically diagnosed adrenal insufficiency. You’ve never been drug tested – do they even test master’s riders? So, do you need a TUE?
What about the asthmatic junior rider who has been selected for the state team
