The details are still a bit sketchy but the information is that the UCI after looking into some evidence submitted by the Italian authorities, decided to revoke Astana Pro Team’s licence. From what I understand, Astana have been co-operating by giving all information required about procedures etc. The Italian investigation, though, seems to show that, in…
Breaking News: Astana is given a “probationary” licence, Europcar not. Unfortunately, I don’t really have the time for a full article but it turns out that if you have 5 doped riders you are getting your “probationary” WorldTour licence. Funnily enough I don’t think there is such a think as a probationary licence. It seems that…
Last week I posted an article on this blog about the problems that Astana Team was facing. In case you have just arrived from a 3-month long trip to Mars, Astana had 5 riders returning positive tests. Valentin and Maxim Iglinsky, Ilya Davidenok, Victor Okishev and Artur Fedosseyev. Alexandr Vinokourov suspended the Astana Continetnal Team…
I like cycling. No, I love cycling. I spent five years of my life doing cycling as a teenager back home. I did the Nationals, I did track, I did cyclo-cross, time-trial, I did everything. Those days, in that age, in Greece, we were doing everything. I even did a triathlon, once. So, if you haven’t…