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A British parliamentary committee report
published on Monday said Team Sky crossed an "ethical line" by
using permitted medication to enhance the performance of Tour de
France winner Bradley Wiggins.
It added that the widespread therapeutic use exemption (TUE)
system was open to abuse.
Team Sky and Wiggins have both issued statements to "strongly
refute" the report's conclusions.
Lappartient said the report had the power to affect the sport's
credibility.
"We have the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation, they have the power
of investigation. I would like them to do this, to see if there
is some violation of anti-doping rules," he said.
"They (Team Sky) had at the time the TUE agreement but now we
have the evidence that it seems to be organized," added
Lappartient.
"If you are using substances to increase your performances, I
think this is exactly what is cheating."
Team Sky and Wiggins have denied using TUEs for anything other
than medical need.
The government report, which said there was no violation of the
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code, also accused Sky and
British Cycling of "serious, unprofessional and inexcusable"
behavior in failing to keep proper medical records.
Team Sky said they took full responsibility for mistakes made in
areas where they had already acknowledged they fell short and
Lappartient is concerned by the impact of the allegations on the
sport's image.
"I read the press release from Team Sky say 'look we apologize,
we recognize that we made some mistakes'. A mistake is something
you've done without an intention to be wrong. The report is a
little bit different," he said.
"It seems that it was a little bit organized, so it's maybe not
a mistake but a fault, which is different, because that could
affect the credibility globally of our sport and that's why I'm
concerned about this."
Team Sky issued a statement in response to Lappartient's
comments.
"Team Sky is happy to co-operate with any investigation by the
UCI and we would welcome further scrutiny of the Select
Committee's report," they said.
"While we have acknowledged past failings, we strongly deny the
very serious new allegations about the use of medication to
enhance performance, as does Bradley Wiggins."
Team Sky said they were concerned that the Committee had
presented "unsubstantiated allegations" without providing
evidence to support them, which they said was "fundamentally
unfair" to them and their riders.
"We welcome any review by the UCI which can help establish the
nature of the evidence relied on by the Committee in coming to
its conclusions," Team Sky said.
(Reporting by Toby Davis, editing by Ed Osmond)
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