Astana protect Nibali on stage four of the 2014 Tour de France
The Astana cycling team will have to wait another week to see whether it is included in the 2015 WorldTour. The Kazakh squad was left off the list of confirmed WorldTour teams issued by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) on Thursday evening. French outfit Europcar also awaits a decision on its licence.
Media reports earlier in the day suggested that Astana would not be awarded a licence after recent doping cases. Instead, the UCI Licence Commission's decision on the team has been delayed.
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