Belgium's former world champion cyclist Johan Museeuw Tuesday admitted to taking drugs in the final months of his career.

"In my last year of racing, I made an error, I didn't race faithfully," Museeuw said in a press conference, the first time the 1996 world road race champion has admitted taking drugs.

"I wanted to finish my career in style, which pushed me to not play the game honestly."

Museeuw was given a two-year ban by the Belgian cycling federation in 2004 for being implicated in the doping affair even though the then 38-year-old, who won the World Cup in 1995 and 1996, had already retired from the sport.