Dave Brailsford yesterday pledged to share his knowledge of the workings of British Cycling with the independent review established to investigate claims of bullying and discrimination within the organisation.

British Cycling and UK Sport last Friday announced Annamarie Phelps, the chair of British Rowing, will lead the review, which follows allegations of sexist, racist and derogatory slurs made by former British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton. He denies the claims.

Sutton, who resigned last Wednesday with 100 days to go to the Rio Olympics, in April 2014 succeeded Brailsford as the British Cycling figurehead, having previously worked as Brailsford’s chief lieutenant.

“It’s really good that this inquiry has been brought in, so we can establish the truth,” Brailsford said.

“I’m not going to go into the details. What I will do is I’ll share everything that I know with that inquiry.

“We need to get to the bottom of (the allegations). They need to be heard, they need to be documented properly and addressed properly.”

The independent review is one of three ongoing investigations at British Cycling.

Sutton was suspended by British Cycling on April 26 after it was claimed he called Paralympic cyclists “gimps,” shortly after the independent review was announced into claims of sexism made by Jess Varnish.

An investigation into Sutton’s behaviour is one of two further internal inquiries at British Cycling.

The other is into claims high-performance kit has been sold on for profit.