Vincenzo Nibali in "rage" after Astana doping revelations

Tour de France 2014 winner says that his first reaction to finding out about his Astana teammates' positive tests was "rage"

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Tour de France champion Vincenzo Nibali reacted to the recent doping cases in his Astana team by saying they are "ugly" but "isolated."

In the last two months, three Kazakh cyclists, brothers Maxim and Valentin Iglinskiy, and Ilya Davidenok tested positive for banned drugs.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.