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Why wasnt alberto contador at this years tour de france?

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Why wasnt alberto contador at this years tour de france?

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  1. On February 13, 2008, the organisers of the Tour de France announced that Astana would be barred from the 2008 Tour due to its links to Operación Puerto and involvement in the 2007 Tour doping scandals. This means that Contador is not able to defend his Tour crown because his contract does not have an "escape clause" that covers Astana's current situation


  2. Team Astana was not invited to the TDF because of sins of the past.  So they say.

    No team has done more to clean up those sins.

    The real reason Team Astana in not in the TDF is because the organizers did not want another Johan Bruyneel victory.

    Their stance an performance enhancing drugs is commendable, but their exclusion of two of last years podium finishers is outright wrong.  

    At least the rest of the cycling world is allowing them to race.
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