I have not found anywhere where Graves said/wrote explicitly that he gave his water bottle to Rude. And regarding the contents of the water bottle, Graves claims he did not know there were any banned substances.
He did not own up, he has plead ignorance.
It seems impossible not to question Rude's 2015 and 2016 overall wins. #tainted
The teams and companies involved can make decisions based on whatever they like - and if they want to grow the market in which they're weak (selling mountain bikes to women), it would makes sense to hire female riders and spend on promoting them.
awesome. i wanna smell like sam reynolds