Orica-GreenEDGE welcome back disgraced sports director Matt White Orica-GreenEDGE sports director Matt White will return to the team after serving a six-month ban from the sport. DISGRACED cycling coach Matt White is expected to be welcomed back today by the Orica-GreenEDGE team in time for the 100th Tour de France. White was the sports director - or head coach - of Australia's only elite road racing team until he confessed last October to having used performance enhancing drugs during his career as a rider. He and the team parted ways and the Australian doping authorities imposed a six-month ban, which ended several weeks ago. Freelance sports doping expert Nicki Vance, who was engaged to review GreenEDGE's ethical protocols, recommended last month that there was no reason White should not get his job back given he had served a suspension and fully co-operated with the authorities, as well as having demonstrated a commitment to keeping the sport clean. Melbourne businessman Gerry Ryan, who owns the team, has spent weeks considering the pros and cons of White's return, knowing it will be controversial, and is expected to make a statement today.