Australian Olympic Committee calls for Stuart O'Grady's resignation from Athletes' Commission after admitting to doping in 1998

THE Australian Olympic Committee says confessed drug cheat Stuart O'Grady will no longer be remembered as a "fantastic competitor".

THE Australian Olympic Committee says Stuart O'Grady will no longer be remembered as a "fantastic competitor’’ but as an "athlete who succumbed to the temptation of drugs in sport just to get an edge on some of his fellow riders''.

Just hours after O'Grady admitted he had doped during his career, the AOC called for the resignation of the rider from its Athletes' Commission.

The AOC was quick to act in the wake of O'Grady admitting he had used performance-enhancing drugs at the 1998 Tour de France.

AOC spokesman Mike Tancred said they had yet to hear from O'Grady but should he not resign as expected, he would be dismissed.

"It is very disappointing news,'' Tancred said today.

"I think all the athletes in our London (Olympic) team who voted for Stuart to be a member of our Athletes Commission are entitled to feel angry today.

"If you are on the AOC Athletes Commission you are held in very high esteem. We pick only people with integrity and honesty but I think the AOC is justified in saying today, given his admission, that Stuart doesn't deserve to be a member of the Athletes Commission and we have asked for his resignation.''

Tancred said it will be the UCI, the world governing body of cycling, and the International Olympic Committee who make the decision on whether O'Grady should be stripped of his Olympic medals.