Matt White cycling ban Tainted career: Matthew White during the 14th stage of the Tour of Spain in 2003. Former Australian professional cyclist Matt White hopes to continue a career in the sport, having completed a six-month ban for doping during his career. White released a statement on Friday afternoon confirming that he had been informed by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority [ASADA] that he has been banned for six months after confessing to doping last October. But with the ban dating back to October 13, the suspension had passed by April 13 - meaning that he can now seek to continue his career in cycling as a sports director if a team wishes to sign him up. White was head sports director of the Australian Orica GreenEDGE team but lost his job because of his ban. The team is racing in the Giro d'Italia that starts Saturday. White's confession to doping came after he was named as a drug user in the United States Anti Doping Agency's findings into Lance Armstrong who was banned for life for doping of fences. White was a former teammate of Armstrong on the US Postal Services team. "Since admitting my history last October, I have co-operated fully with ASADA including submitting to a provisional suspension pending a determination by the ADRVP [Anti-Doping Rule Violation Panel] to enter my name onto the register," White said in a statement. There is no doubt that if I could have my time again I would never have engaged in the culture that was both accepted and expected of professional riders during my racing career. In saying that I accept full responsibility for my actions and there is no one to blame but myself for the decisions I made as an athlete in the past. I would like to apologise to my family, friends and all those associated with the sport of cycling for my use of prohibited substances during my racing career. I stopped my racing career because I had the opportunity to be part of something that had the potential to actually change cycling. The ideas about a clean team that Dave Millar and Jonathan Vaughters spoke to me about back then were initiatives the sport desperately needed. History has now shown that these ideas when fully implemented are having a lasting impact on cycling. "With key elements like "Blood Profiling" which was later taken on board as the "Athlete Biological Passport" and the "No-Needles-Policy" also adopted by the UCI and WADA, a radical change for the better started to dominate the minds of a lot of athletes. These are legacies that were pioneered at Slipstream and they have had a real and lasting impact on cycling. I have so much passion for cycling and I would like the opportunity to again work with the cyclists of the future. I believe that my experience will prove invaluable when advising these athletes of the importance in making the correct decisions. In my roles with Slipstream Sports, Cycling Australia and at ORICA-GreenEDGE, I have always acted within the ethos of clean sport and I am very proud to have worked with the new generation of clean stars. In cycling today there is no need to take performance enhancing drugs to be successful. I know I can be part of the solution to continue the work our sport has already started by changing the culture, something I have witnessed and been involved in since my retirement.