Vinokourov: Too easy for people to just point the finger at Astana

Astana team manager questions the absence of six WorldTour teams from the Movement for Credible Cycling

Photo: Andy Jones

Astana team manager Alexander Vinokourov leapt to the defence of his team's anti-doping credibility this week and challenged the choice of six WorldTour teams, including Team Sky and BMC, to remain unaffiliated to the Movement for Credible Cycling (MPCC).

After a series of doping scandals in late 2014 around the Astana team and their Pro Continental counterpart, including both the Iglinskiy brothers testing positive for EPO, the UCI referred the team to its Licence Commission, which eventually awarded the team its WorldTour licence with a number of caveats.

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