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Millar, who retired from riding in 2014, is working on a
voluntary basis with the men's endurance academy program in
Italy.
“It's been a bit of a controversial decision in some quarters
because I am an ex-doper and I did cheat," Millar told the BBC.
"One of the things I'm going to bring is to try and make sure
these young guys never have to go through the things I did and
make the same mistakes I did."
Millar, 39, was banned in 2004 for two years after admitting
using the blood-booster EPO but returned to become one of the
sport's biggest campaigners against performance-enhancing drugs.
“I can explain the reasons how I got into it (doping) and the
damage it did to me and to others and I don't think there's any
more powerful message than that to be honest," he said.
Millar won four individual stages in the Tour de France,
cycling's most prestigious race, and was part of the British
team in the Olympic road race at the 2012 London Games.
(Reporting by Ed Osmond; editing by Ken Ferris)
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