O'Grady, winner of four Olympic medals, including a gold in the madison at Athens in 2004, admitted using Erythropoietin (EPO) in preparation for the Tour de France in 1998.

He had been contacted by AOC secretary general Craig Phillips, who had asked him to step down.

But the 39-year-old from Adelaide, who had twice worn the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, including in 1998, failed to respond.

"A pre-condition of membership of the AOC Athletes' Commission is to have a clean doping record," said the AOC in a statement.

"As we have not heard from Stuart O'Grady following our request yesterday for him to resign we have decided to terminate his membership of the Athletes' Commission."

O'Grady has also been stripped of his honorary membership of Port Adelaide Football Club, a position he had held since 2009 and where he was given season ticket number one.


More seriously, South Australian Government officials are investigating the possibility of taking legal action against him.

South Australia have given O'Grady an estimated $88,000 (£53,000/€61,000) to help promote the state while competing in Europe.

"The Government will seek Crown law advice on Stuart's contract to ensure there have been no breaches," said South Australia's Sports Minister Leon Bignell.

The Stuart O'Grady bikeway in Adelaide, which runs for 23 kilometres, could also be renamed while the Motor Accident Commission has revealed that it will remove all of the road safety education material featuring the cyclist. after learning of the doping admission.

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