Tuesday 21 April 2015 17:03, UK
World cycling chief Brian Cookson has told Sky Sports News HQ that massive progress has been made in cleaning up the sport from drug cheats.
A wide-ranging Cycling Independent Reform Commission (CIRC) report released last week concluded that a culture of doping still exists but International Cycling Union (UCI) president Cookson says fewer cyclists are cheating.
"I think there will always be people who try to cheat in any walk of life, and sport is no different to that - and cycling either," said Cookson.
"There's a lesser percentage trying to cheat than there was five, 10 or 15 years ago.
"It's very much less than that. I think 20 per cent would be a very high estimate."
Cookson said that the UCI continues to scrutinise cyclists' samples and performances to ensure the sport is as clean as possible.
We want to have a sport that people can trust in - that can be run with integrity.
He said: "We're going to keep analysing the results. And we're going to keep working to try to reduce that figure even further.
"If it's 10 per cent, that's still far too high.
"As I've said before, we want to have a sport that people can trust in - that can be run with integrity.
"That's what we're doing and it will be a continuous battle."
