International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge reiterated his confidence in under-fire International Cycling Union chief Pat McQuaid on Wednesday.

McQuaid and his predecessor Hein Verbruggen have been in the spotlight ever since the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, with pressure on them to clarify how much they knew and whether or not dope test results were suppressed.

Rogge, though, stood by McQuaid and expressed his hope that the UCI and the World Anti-Doping Agency would mend their differences in what has become an increasingly unseemly war of words.