The fall-out from the doping dossier that damned cycling legend Lance Armstrong has hit Australia, with former Olympian Matthew White alleged to have used drugs.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has accused Armstrong of being at the centre of an elaborate doping conspiracy, ruling he should lose his seven Tour de France titles and be banned from the sport for life.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) is yet to decide whether to ratify USADA's decision.

White, a two-time Australian Olympian, rode with Armstrong in the US Postal team from 2001 to 2003 and is now the head sports director for the Australian cycling team GreenEDGE.

In the USADA report, White was named by disgraced rider Floyd Landis for taking the blood booster EPO and testosterone.

GreenEDGE says it is seeking answers from its sports director over his implication in the doping conspiracy.

The team has released a statement saying that they fully support White and trust his integrity as a sports director with them.

Spokesman Brian Nygaard says GreenEDGE is aware of the allegations and is in contact with White to seek clarification.

Mr Nygaard says GreenEDGE will comment further once it has been able to talk to both White and the relevant Australian authorities.

New victim

Meanwhile, the man who managed Armstrong during his Tour de France wins has left his current team.

RadioShack Nissan Trek has announced that Johan Bruyneel will no longer act in the position of general manager, saying he cannot direct the professional cycling team in an efficient and comfortable way.

Bruyneel was named in the USADA report as one of the people who had helped Armstrong organise doping within the US Postal Team.

The Belgian was Armstrong's team manager when the Texan won his seven Tours, as well as during his two Tour rides in 2009 and 2010 after his comeback from a retirement.

"Acting in mutual agreement, on October 12 Leopard SA and Johan Bruyneel decided to end their collaboration. From this day on, Johan Bruyneel will no longer act in the position of general manager of cycling team RadioShack Nissan Trek," a team statement read.

"The reasoned decision published by the USADA included a number of testimonies as a result of their investigation.

"In light of these testimonies, both parties feel it is necessary to make this decision since Johan Bruyneel can no longer direct the team in an efficient and comfortable way."

Four-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara was considering his position with RadioShack Nissan Trek with Bruyneel in charge.

RadioShack, the team launched by Armstrong in 2010, became RadioShack Nissan Trek this season after merging with Luxembourg owner Flavio Becca's Leopard Trek outfit.

Bruyneel owns large parts of the team's infrastructure through his management company.

And Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme says if the seven titles are stripped from Armstrong they should not be awarded to any other rider.

"When you read the USADA report, you can't be indifferent," Prudhomme said.

"It depicts an era and a system which are forever soiled. The best solution is to say that there should be no (Tour) winner those years."

The UCI will decide whether to officially erase Armstrong's name from the Tour records.

UCI president Pat McQuaid said on Friday the world governing body's lawyers would come up with a response to USADA's 1,000-page file within 21 days after its receipt.

Questions raised

Questions are also being raised about why organisers of South Australia's Tour Down Under made an exception to drug testing rules for Armstrong in 2009.

Rules requiring athletes to submit to six months of out-of-competition testing should have ruled him out of the event but he was declared exempt.

Former Australian cyclist Patrick Jonker, who rode with Armstrong's at US Postal, told Saturday AM the decision seemed reasonable at the time.

"The UCI would have looked at past blood test results and would have thought, well there was no anomalies here and he was tested for a period of time, give him the green light and start," he said.

"But of course in hindsight yes, would they have maybe reacted differently today? Yes."

South Australia's opposition finance spokesman Rob Lucas says the State Government needs to reveal just how much it paid Armstrong in appearance fees.

"If that's the case then it just adds weight to the argument that in terms of transparency and accountability then the Labor Government in South Australia has to now come clean and indicate what the total cost to taxpayers has been," he said

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