The Astana team relax before the start(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The 2015 Astana WorldTour team(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alexander Vinokourov presents the 2015 Astana team in Duba༒i(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alexander Vinokourov (Astana)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The 2015 Astana team(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The UCI Licence Commission will let Astana keep its place in the WorldTour, but the UCI will keep the team under observation, Cyclingnews understands. The news clears the way for 2014 Tour de France champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vincenzo Nibali to prepare 💮to defend his title without fear of his team being unable to compete.
Cyclingnews understa🐟nds that confirmation from the UCI and a statement from the Astana team are forthcoming.
Astana was granted a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:provisional WorldTour licence in December because a pair of EPO positives in the WorldTour team and several doping cases in its Contine𝔉ntal affiliate raised conce𝐆rns about the team's structure and ethics.
The team agreed to be the subject of an 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:independent audit by the Sport Sciences Institute of the University of Lausanne (ISSUL), and abide by other rules regarding the st🔯affing and the schedule of its riders.
The r𝕴esults of the audit raised some red flags, and this together with the past doping cases and accusations of a continued relationship with banned trainer Michele Ferrari with some riders, led UCI President Brian Cookson to requestꦿ the Licence Commission revoke the team's WorldTour licence.
The team met with the Licence Commission last week to defend its position.
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