World cycling governing body, the UCI has decided to disband it's own independent commission into the Lance Armstrong doping scandal.

In a statement, UCI president Pat McQuaid said that they would now look to introduce an amnesty that would look to begin dialogue on cycling's doping culture.

The Union has been forced drop the investigation after the World Anti-Doping Agency and the US Anti-Doping Agency both refused to take part because the commission would not have to power to grant amnesty to witness. The three-person panel stated that any report they produced would not be "complete or credible" without the involvement of anti-doping agencies.

After discussions with WADA chief John Fahey, Pat McQuaid has said that they will now press ahead with a truth and reconciliation process, which is expected to begin before the end of the year.

“We do this with regret, but given the stance of WADA we did not see any other option. I would like to thank Sir Philip Otton, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, and Malcolm Holmes QC for their work which I am sorry they will not be able to complete,” McQuaid said. “We will now focus our efforts on establishing a TRC, with which we expect WADA to be fully engaged, to look at doping in professional cycling, as well as the allegations contained in the USADA Reasoned Decision. The work that has so far been undertaken by the independent commission will be shared with the TRC.”