Astana face UCI review after doping cases (Reuters)

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – The Astana team face a thorough investigation after two of their riders failed dope tests recently, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Wednesday. Kazakh brothers Valentin and Maxim Iglinskiy failed a test for the banned blood-booster erythropoietin (EPO) in August shortly after Astana, managed by former doper Alexandre Vinokourov, won the Tour de France through Italian Vincenzo Nibali. “The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) views the positive tests for EPO by two riders of the same team… …