Astana still threatens his license for the World Tour, which participation warrants to the major cycling races, want to compromise.
The UCI has its own license commission requested Astana the license to deprive, as confirmed by the International Cycling Union.
The reason is the result of an audit carried out by the University of Lausanne. This shows, according to the UCI that Astana is not well enough organized to prevent doping cases.
The license commission of the UCI and the UCI operate independently. Late last year, Astana was admitted to the World Tour, provided that an audit would be carried out.
For the Kazakh team driving the Dutch Lars Boom and Lieuwe Westra and Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali.
Differences
According to the UCI according to the research of the University of Lausanne that there are large differences between the story that Astana few months ago presented with the license commission and the reality.
The cycling union has also given information to the Italian authorities that members of Astana included in the Padua-research, a controversial doping case.
Last year, published by the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport in a list of riders who would have worked with doping doctor Michele Ferrari.
Last season was a short period of five riders from Astana, three of which related to the youth team, caught using banned substances .
The most famous of them was Maxim Iglinski, the 2012 winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Vinokourov
Manager Alexandre Vinokourov, who as a rider a doping suspension was imposed, reported earlier this month the investigation to look forward with confidence.
“I’m down to the smallest detail to explain the operation of the team. Every doctor has five to six riders, each team leader too. “
” Every three or four days there is contact with the riders and there is also an internal control. I do not see what more we can do, “the Kazak continued.
” I can hardly put a guard at every rider? By unspoken win more Grand Tours, we will prove that we have credible “
By:. NU.nl
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