UCI to refuse Astana WorldTour licence for 2015, according to reports

Reports suggest that the UCI's Licence Commission have decided to not award Vincenzo Nibali's team a WorldTour licence in 2015

Vincenzo Nibali in action during Stage 21 of the 2014 Tour de France

(Image credit: Watson)

Astana will not be awarded a WorldTour licence for 2015 after two high profile doping cases of the Iglinskiy brothers and three other cases in its Continental team, according to reports in La Gazzetta dello Sport.

The UCI have yet to confirm whether the team will lose its licence, with the Licence Commission tasked with reviewing the team not due to make a final announcement until next week.

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