Vincenzo Nibali (30) and Astana runs a highly uncertain future: Just four months before the Tour de France, it dopingbefengte made thrown out of the sport.
It writes the French newspaper L’Equipe great. The news has turned down like a bomb bike world Friday morning and was 09.28 clock confirmed in a press release sent out by the UCI.
Astana has a very controversial background: In 2007, the team’s current CEO, Alexandre Vinokourov, thrown out of the Tour de France after a positive doping test. Out disappeared Andrej Kashechkin, Matthias Kessler and Eddy Mazzoleni.
The following year did not Astana team run the race, despite the fact that they had Alberto Contador on the team.
Later still storming around the Kazakh great team, which has had both Contador and Lance Armstrong in the stables – in addition to reigning Tour champion Vincenzo Nibali.
Last year, five Astana riders caught doping . And although three of them came from Recruit crew reacted UCI arrange a hearing last fall.
First came news that Astana would retain his license. But now writes thus L’Equipe the opposite: The fresh developments are the result of an investigation under the auspices of the Lausanne-based agency ISSUL.
Evidence?
UCI PRESIDENT: Brian Cookson opens legal war against the Astana coming weeks.
Photo: Luke Beni , AFP
What concrete evidence UCI now sitting on, is currently highly uncertain.
It is speculated that it has come new revelations around Astana in a recent Italian doping investigation, called the Padua case.
Italian newspapers wrote recently that the lifetime banned doping doctor Michele Ferrari was observed and depicted on laghotellet Astana during a training camp. Both Ferrari and Astana refused for this.
VG also showed Vincenzo Nibali Asked if he had ever met Ferrari during the Tour de France last summer. Tour winner refused then for this.
VG has reason to believe that Italian police found the names of several Astana riders in a phone book when they raided the apartment of Ferraris son, Stefano, in Monaco a few years ago. This skjeddde before Nibali signed for the team.
If the license Tribunal in UCI actually revoke Astana license, is likely to appeal to sports arbitration court (CAS). That means all bask marks a complete chaos and months of legal tug of war.
Missed against Team Katusha
A few years ago tried to throw UCI Team Katusha, made Alexander Kristoff now bikes for, out of the sport, after several positive doping cases.
Team Katusha won however forward with the appeal its CAS. UCI is hardly interested in a similar, deer, litigation. Therefore speculation now about UCI can sit on material with violent explosive force in the case against Astana.
PS Tour de France starts in the Dutch city of Utrecht July 4.
Here is UCIs press release sent out Friday morning:
Press Release
27 February 2015
The UCI requests withdrawal of Astana Pro Team license
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) today CONFIRM Thats it has now reviewed the audit Produced by the Institute of Sport Sciences of the University of Lausanne (ISSUL) (1) on Astana Pro Team and its anti-doping culture, policies, structures and management systems. The audit was one of the conditions attached to the registration of the team in the 2015 UCI World Tour.
After careful review of this extensive report, the UCI strongly believes thats it contains compelling grounds two, relative the mats to the Licence Commission (2) and request the Astana Pro Team license be with drawn.
The UCI Consider That the ISSUL audit has, Among other things, revealed A big difference between the policies and structures That the team presented to the Licence Commission in December and the reality on the ground.
In Addition, the Italian Authorities have provided the UCI with the sections of the Padova investigation whichemail it perfect two Authorized two share. As some evidence Concerns Astana Pro Team members, the file perfect two passed to the Licence Commission as part of this referral.
For the sake of due process, the UCI is not in a position to comment further on the content of the audit report, nor the Padova investigation, until the Licence Commission has Assessed the situation and rendered its decision. But this decision two, relative the mats to the Licence Commission was Reached taking all Circumstances and Consequences potential into Consideration.
The UCI will not make any further comment until the Licence Commission has rendered its decision.
Background to the ISSUL audit
The ISSUL audit was one of the conditions attached to the registration of Astana Pro Team in 2015. It was Commissioned by the Licence Commission in December 2014 to look into the Circumstances of doping cases in Astana Pro Team lastyear. The ISSUL audit has Sought two determining Whether and two what extent Astana Pro Team and / or its management was responsible in doping cases Concerning its riders, Maxim and Valentin Iglinskiy (EPO), and Ilya Davidenok (anabolic steroids), a trainee with Astana Pro Team since August 1st, 2014.
The ISSUL was Asked two Assess the team’s internal structures, culture and management systems two understandability Whether These Are adequate two the ensure That the highest Ethical standards are upheld.
(1) The Institute of Sport Sciences of the University of Lausanne (ISSUL), attached to the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences is a center of excellence in training and research. The ISSUL Producer numerous at works, published in journals and publishers of reference, dealing with different aspects of sports practice (sociology, physiology, biomechanics, etc.). The institute often Carries out Assignments on behalfe of national and international Organisations.
(2) The Licence Commission is the competent body for issuing, reviewing, Withdrawing and Attaching conditions two UCI World Tour licenses and gret That license-holders Continuously Comply with the terms of the license. It is made up of four professionals WHO work independently of the UCI and its President is Mr. Pierre Zappelli, a former Swiss Court Supreme Judge.
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