There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in no sport.

There will always be cheaters. It is human nature. It will never be 100 percent clean, in any sport.

But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.

In fact cycling has always been 'saved' by judicial investigations and not by the anti-doping controls we put in place. That's the harsh truth. We have relied on them to clean the sport up.

Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport.

People do make mistakes and I think they should be punished. But they should be forgiven and given the opportunity for a second chance. We are human beings.