The UCI has requested that the Astana Pro Team have their WorldTour licence revoked by the Licence Commission.
The WorldTour team was awarded a licence in December but UCI president Brian Cookson raised severe concerns over the subject, telling Cyclingnews that the team were ‘drinking in the last chance saloon’ after several doping cases in the space of matter of weeks, with Maxim and Valentin Iglinskiy testing positive for EPO, and Ilya Davidenok showing traces of anabolic steroids in a drug test.
Despite these concerns, when awarding the team’s licence, the UCI were clear that it was subject to an independent audit, and that the team would be forced to adhere to stricter operational requirements for the coming season.
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The UCI confirmed Friday that the University of Lausanne (ISSUL), the body in charge of the independent review of Astana’s conduct, had reported back to the sport’s governing body over Astana’s “anti-doping culture, policies, structures and management systems.”
“After careful review of this extensive report, the UCI strongly believes that it contains compelling grounds to refer the matter to the Licence Commission and request the Astana Pro Team licence be withdrawn,” read a statement from the UCI's communications department.
“The UCI considers 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.”
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