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This article was published on December 11, 2014 at 16:29.
The news, with due caution, it is a good news. And not just for Italian cycling, but for the image that our athlete projected outward. Good examples, especially in these times, we need it like bread.
Vincenzo Nibali, the runner Sicilian winner of the Ultimate Tour de France, next year will participate in both the race French in the Tour of Italy. It can do so because last night, after a long wait, the World Cycling Union has given the green light Astana – the formation of Vincenzo – to participate in the most important events of the World Tour, the world circuit which includes the large classic and most prestigious stage races.
Why do so many doubts sull’Astana? Why the colossus of Vinokourov, who enjoys strong funding of the owners of natural gas, was under consideration for the usual cancer that corrodes cycling for years, namely doping.
In addition to five positive cases (EPO and steroids) occurred recently within the Team, on ‘Astana another shadow weighs very heavy: that of having had frequent visits with dangerous Michele Ferrari, the doctor inhibited by Coni and the ‘WADA for following Lance Armstrong, disqualified and “degraded” by 7 Tour for the squalid story of doping we know.
But not only: Ferrari is also under consideration for one scorching dossier that the prosecutors in Padua sent the cones on the deeds and misdeeds of a “system” that involved the use of substances and illegal practices dozens of runners.
Tell me your company, and I’ll tell you who you are, in fact. Having intersections so disturbing, the doubts on the Kazakh team, mind you, all remain. As is always the need for continued vigilance on doping. However, pleased that a runner as Vincenzo Nibali, so far also sample cleaning and honesty, has tipped the balance in favor of the green light.
If he’s there, we can trust, must have thought the leaders of ‘ UCI, entrusting to Vincent ‘s busy flag of loyalty and good sportsmanship. Equally, however, you can not think for the ‘Astana. For her, if anything, goes the old saying Andreotti by which to think evil is a sin, but it is never wrong.
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