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The organizers of the Tour de France announced Wednesday that the Astana team of defending champion Alberto Contador will not be invited to compete in the race or in any other event organized by Amaury Sport Organization. In a statement citing "the damage caused by this team to the Tour de France and cycling in general, as much in 2006 as 2007," ASO noted it would be inappropriate to allow the team to compete despite a complete shake-up of team management and significant changes on the squad’s roster. "The Astana team in effect last year betrayed the confidence of organizers who even then invited them on trust of an overhaul presented by their leaders," ASO said. With Contador and American Levi Leipheimer on Astana, the team includes two podium finishers from last year’s Tour. Contador, who also won ASO's early season stage race, Paris-Nice, was not a part of the Astana team in 2007. He and Leipheimer were both part of the U.S.-based Discovery Channel team, which folded at the end of the season. Contador, however, has been named in connection with the now-closed Operación Puerto investigation in Spain. The decision by ASO comes after Giro d'Italia organizers opted not to invite the team to this year's edition of Italy's grand tour. Check back for further developments in this breaking story.

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Cycling News Flash, February 13, 2008 Edited by Bjorn Haake Alberto Contador may not be able to defend Tour de France title Alberto Contador, the winner of the 2007 Tour de France, may not be able to start this year's race. His team, Astana, has not been invited to participate in La Grande Boucle. The exclusion is valid for all races organized by ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation). ASO made the decision based on the doping scandals of the last two years. Besides the defending champion Contador, this also spells bad news for American Levi Leipheimer, who was hoping to improve on his third-place finish last year, and German Andreas Klöden. In a press release ASO stated that the organizers considered the "damages that this team has done to the Tour de France and to cycling in general. The team Astana has betrayed the organizer's confidence last year." ASO recognized the changes having taken place in the management. They indicated they will follow Astana's efforts to stay free of affairs in 2008 "and could therefore be considered once again for inclusion in future editions [of ASO races]." Astana had several doping cases last year with Matthias Kessler and most spectacularly in the Tour de France with Alexander Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin. For Paris-Nice, also run by ASO, three Pro Continental teams have been included, with Agritubel, Slipstream Chipotle - H30 and Skil-Shimano.

不能参加环法了，环西环意连
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尼斯也参加不了了。。。为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么为什么！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！凭什么要拿别人的过错来惩罚无辜的人！！！！！！？？？

啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊我要杀了那个决定的人！！！！！！！！！！！！

小多啊T_______T比赛比了一半被告知这个消息。。。他骑的时候冲着摄像机吼Astana to tour！！！！小多你是好样的永远都是T_____T

小多的反应Tour de France winner Alberto Contador is deeply disappointed. After the 4th stage in the Tour of Mallorca, a stage he dominated, he declared with tears in his eyes, "The last weeks I never thought that it would be possible not to do the Tour de France. It is my race, I dream of that race. Yesterday I even did special tests at the velodrome in Palma to improve my time trial capabilities. Now we are not invited. What can we do? Tonight I will look at the calendar. We have to change everything. Don't ask me for the moment which races I will or can do. Anyway, I thank our sponsors who stand behind us, but I'm afraid other sponsors might leave because of what happened today. It is a sad day for cycling." T___T

没太看明白，怎么回事？是Astana被禁赛了吗？哎，小多跟Astana（以前的昂斯和解放者）啊，真是冤孽，剪不断理还乱。。。不过不管怎么说，这里是他梦开始的地方，有点家的感觉吧。。。既然决定回来了，就只好不离不弃了，希望能共同挺过难关吧。。。。--黛茜娅

凡是ASO举办的比赛都参加不了了。。。。他们其实是跟Johan过不去呐。。。德国法国那帮人早看Johan不爽了，他在DSC没借口找他麻烦，现在去Astana了当然不放过这个机会了。。。T_______T

不过环西的主管说阿斯塔纳可以参加环西~~还是自家人通情达理><

不会