SYDNEY: An independent review of cycling in Australia yesterday recommended that officials extend drug testing and establish an ethics panel in the wake of the doping scandal surrounding US rider Lance Armstrong.

The government ordered the report in November after Armstrong was accused of being part of the most sophisticated doping programme in the sport’s history and two senior Australian cycling figures made admissions related to doping. “People want to see cycling in Australia cleaned up, they want their confidence restored,” Sport Minister Kate Lundy said as she released the report, which contains 16 wide-ranging recommendations.AFP