VINO'S TOUR ON A KNIFE EDGE

The Tour de France is poised to publish which teams, riders and individuals it does not want to see at the 2006 race.

The former Liberty Seguros team ? led by Tour contender Alexandre Vinokourov and now sponsored by Kazakh conglomerate Astana ? and Comunitat Valenciana are the two squads in the spotlight following massive anti-doping raids in Spain in May.

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