Cycling Australia (CA) has taken the highly-unusual step of publicly criticising world governing body the UCI over how it historically handled the sport's doping scourge.

As CA announced it had officially sacked Matt White from the important part-time role of elite men's road national co-ordinator, the national body added it was now critical how the UCI responded to the US Anti-Doping Agency's evidence against Lance Armstrong.

The UCI has three weeks to respond after USADA handed over a massive amount of evidence in its case against Armstrong.

UCI figures such as president Pat McQuaid have previously been critical of USADA's case.

"We acknowledge that there is now clear evidence that the UCI, until recent times, failed to fully and properly do its part to stamp out doping," the CA board said in a statement.