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Team Astana response to a French investigation

Astana Cycling Team is surprised to read in the French press that the team is involved in an investigation by French prosecutors into doping. These media reports are the first we as a team have heard of an investigation.  According to the press articles, the investigation involves a number of cycling teams having participated in the 2009 Tour de France.
 
The Astana Cycling Team has nothing to hide, the riders use no forbidden substances, the Team is confident in the result of analyses performed or to be performed by a Parisian laboratory and is prepared to cooperate.