Vincenzo Nibali on stage fourteen of the 2014 Tour de France
Vincenzo Nibali is confident that the UCI’s Licensing Commission will grant Astana a WorldTour licence for 2015, despite the team having four riders suspended for failing drugs tests in recent months.
The Iglinsky brothers, Valentin and Maxim, tested positive for EPO in September and October respectively, and the failed steroids test of llya Davidenok threw the team’s WorldTour status into doubt.
Vincenzo Nibali: 'If you dope, you will get caught'
Vincenzo Nibali's Tour de France cobbles attack 'showed bravery'
Vincenzo Nibali to start season in Dubai or Argentina
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