ASTANA PULL OUT OF TOUR

Alexandre Vinokourov

The Spanish Astana-Wurth team have announced they will not take part in the Tour de France after five of their riders were implicated in the Spanish doping investigations.

After initially refusing to respond to the Tour organisers requests to quit the race, the team changed their stance on Friday night and announced that the five riders in question (Sergio Paulinho, Isidro Nozal, Allan Davis, Alberto Contador and Joseba Beloki) would not start.

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