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During the last Tour de France, Astana team was favored by officials of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). That is according to a report by the French Agency for the fight against doping which Le Monde echoed today.

The cycling world did not end with his dark business. After dopinge, a suspicion of wrongdoing. In its issue of October 5, the newspaper Le Monde revealed that according to the French Agency for the Fight against Doping, the Astana team would have benefited from preferential treatment from officials Cycling Union (UCI).
In its report on the conduct of doping controls of the Tour de France, the ALFD have noted several situations where the UCI has not been sufficiently rigorous with the Astana team. Example of largesse given toKazakh team: July 11, the riders have enjoyed a period of 45 minutes before going to doping control, when the regulation requires that this takes place immediately after the test. In addition, inspectors from the International Cycling Union are charged with preventing regular riders of the Astana team next few checks that would occur.

In other words, the Astana team has received a draftement of favor from the official UCI. These findings of the French Agency for fight against Doping casts further discredited the Tour de France 2009, marked by the controversial return of Lance Armstrong.

Source: The Monde.fr – October 5, 2009
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