British Cycling President Brian Cookson has insisted that disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong should not be allowed to return to the sport if he admits to doping.
The 41-year-old, who was stripped of his record seven Tour de France titles, will reportedly admit to taking performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career in a "no-holds-barred" interview with Oprah Winfrey.
When asked if the cyclist should be allowed to return to the sport, Cookson told the Today Programme: "No I think what Lance Armstrong has done has tarnished my sport so much, that I don't want to see him back in any sport.
"If the tearful confession allows him to look himself in the eye then fair enough but I don't want to see him back in my sport and I think any sport would feel the same."
Armstrong was given a lifetime ban from cycling following the damning evidence.
