Rival teams try to lure White Back? Matt White (in car) when he was Orica-GreenEDGE sports director. Photo: Graham Watson Matt White says he has had offers to resume his career from rival teams to the Australian outfit Orica-GreenEDGE, which sacked him as head sports director after he admitted to using drugs during his days as a teammate of Lance Armstrong. The Australian, who confirmed on Friday that he has been handed a retrospective six-month ban by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority for his confession on October 13, said a return to the Orica-GreenEDGE team was his preferred option. But as Orica-GreenEDGE cited the need to await the outcome of an independent inquiry by drugs-in-sport expert Nicki Vance into its anti-doping practices, White reiterated that he was considering offers to join rival teams. "I'm not going to be saying which teams they are," he said. I have to look out for other options in case it doesn't work out [with Orica-GreenEDGE]. But I don't want to go into the detail of any discussions. "If there was one team I would like to get back into as quick as possible, it is definitely Orica-GreenEDGE," White said. It is a team that I have held closer to my heart than any other team. It is a team I helped create. I have a lot of good friends and [offer] big value looking after young Australians. In the hope of a return to Orica-GreenEDGE, White also revealed he has been watching many cycling races on television with an eye on the Australian team's tactics and those of rival squads. "I would be lying if I said I haven't been watching every single bike race this year," White said. I've watched more racing than I ever have because I haven't been at races. It gives me the opportunity to have a really good look at things for the other side of the fence. White said he has been in contact with several Orica-GreenEDGE riders during his ban. "There are guys I have had contact with because they are my friends," White said. The guys know a lot of the programs designed were designed before I left the team and a lot of people who have contact. There has been contact over the last six months and I think that is normal. Asked if the six month time limit on his ban indicates that he had implicated others by co-operating fully with ASADA investigators during his interview, White said: "I have no control over the sanction. ASADA are only following WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] rules. Six months suspension, they followed the process that they normally have to go through. As far as my discussions with ASADA - or the evidence I gave to ASADA - obviously, I can't give any details for that because those cases are not finished. I can't comment because that will compromise the cases that are ongoing.