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by Timo on Sat May 03, 2008 2:58 pm

The Astana team management has just announced that they've been invited for the Giro d'Italia. Klöden, Contador and Leipheimer will compete.
And if I ever meet an aardvark, I'm going to step on its damn protruding nasal implement until it couldn't suck up an insect if its life depended on it.
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by SushiJoe on Sat May 03, 2008 3:18 pm

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by Timo on Sat May 03, 2008 3:52 pm

Angelo Zomegnan and an Astana official were interviewed on the phone during today's live coverage of the Tour du Romandie on Belgian television.
And if I ever meet an aardvark, I'm going to step on its damn protruding nasal implement until it couldn't suck up an insect if its life depended on it.
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by HillMut on Sat May 03, 2008 3:57 pm

Interesting...

Thanks for the breaking news :!:
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by BenCousins on Sat May 03, 2008 6:12 pm

Those UCI passports will make interesting reading...
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by NS on Sat May 03, 2008 6:19 pm

I'll stick with GQ thanks
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by swinter on Sat May 03, 2008 6:49 pm

BBC has picked up the story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7382309.stm
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by cdiaz on Sat May 03, 2008 9:09 pm

this is awesome, great news and good for the race too. how exciting are those climbs of the giro gonna be?!!!, I hope they take the TTT from slipstream.
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by 1centaur on Sat May 03, 2008 9:49 pm

Does this mean the "top pro rider" implicated in the medical passport program is not from Astana? Let's hope so.
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by djconnel on Sun May 04, 2008 2:15 pm

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by geraldatwork on Sun May 04, 2008 4:27 pm

I think it is good news. You want to have the best riders and teams participating in the most important races. If the Astana riders do really well it will put more pressure on the TDF. If it clearly doesn't have the best riders the race becomes less important. I am also curious how the late notice will affect the Contador and Leipheimer as they probably weren't training for a race of this difficulty.
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by MaaseyRacer on Sun May 04, 2008 5:57 pm

Here is a video interview with Levi, and a list of riders Astana is sending:
http://cycleto.com/

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Here is the official press release:
http://www.astana-cyclingteam.com/NewsA ... px?Code=22
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by BenCousins on Sun May 04, 2008 9:28 pm

geraldatwork wrote:I think it is good news. You want to have the best riders and teams participating in the most important races.

Nope, you want to best clean riders and the best clean teams in the most important races.

Adding Johan Bruyneel to manage Kloden at Astana makes me chuckle, but it doesn't really say 'clean' to me.
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by Rodrego Hernandez on Sun May 04, 2008 10:15 pm

if it's ok for ogrady, mcgee, millar, backstedt, danielson, zabel, valverde, deluca and the rest then why not astana?

I don't see anyone questioning Lemonds wins when he rode for Gan even though several Gan riders from the past have dodgy reputations..........
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by NS on Sun May 04, 2008 10:36 pm

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