McQuaid determined to continue UCI role

Pat McQuaid insists at no time in recent months has he considered his future as president of the International Cycling Union, despite the barrage of criticism over the Lance Armstrong scandal and intense demand for a change of leadership at the world governing body.

The sport was rocked when Armstrong admitted, after years of denials, taking performance-enhancing drugs to win his seven Tour de France titles, while the UCI disbanded an independent commission established to investigate claims of complicity with the American in favour of a truth and reconciliation commission, featuring an amnesty for witnesses.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) — the body whose investigation led to Armstrong’s downfall — have been among the toughest critics of the UCI, but McQuaid maintains the belief he is the right man to oversee the sport.