Vincenzo Nibali: Don't punish Astana for individual dopers

The Italian 2014 Tour de France winner says that riders who cheat "should pay a lot"

Vincenzo Nibali in the 2015 Liege-Bastogne-Liege

(Image credit: Watson)

Vincenzo Nibali is looking to put Astana's stormy recent history behind him as he approaches the defence of his Tour de France title.

The 30-year-old, who won the 2014 edition of the Tour by more than seven minutes from Frenchman Thibaut Pinot, said that the doping scandals which engulfed his team last year was "something I am not responsible for."

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