Australian cyclist Mark French announced he would appeal against his two-year doping ban.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) handed the 19-year-old the two-year ban and a $1000 fine earlier this month after finding him guilty of several offences including trafficking.

The case stems from the discovery of equipment, including empty vials of banned equine growth hormone, last December in his room at the national track cycling program's Adelaide headquarters.

French said he expected his appeal to be lodged with CAS on Thursday.

His case became a major controversy last Friday when Senator John Faulkner made damning allegations in federal parliament.

Faulkner said French and five other cyclists used the room as a "shooting gallery" to inject substances, including banned products.

On Monday, the Australian Olympic Committee banned French from the Games for life.

"I have instructed my lawyers to lodge an appeal against the CAS award and hope to clear my name so that I may in the future be able to realise my ambition to represent Australia at the Olympics," French said in a statement.

"I intend to fully cooperate with any further inquiry or investigation into these matters."

Federal sports minister Rod Kemp is expected to announce on Thursday the terms of reference for a new inquiry into the issues surrounding the French affair.

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