On Jun 4, 1:36*pm, "Qui si parla Campagnolo-www.vecchios.com"
wrote:
On Jun 3, 11:56*pm, hizark21 wrote:

ASO still refusing to admit Astana in TDF (http://www.cyclingnews.com/
news.php?id=news/2008/jun08/jun04news ).

It's simply ridiculous that the ASO is refusing to let Astana enter
the TDF. *The ASO should have put forth a set of condtions for Astana
to meet if they wished to enter the TDF. Astana is the dominant spring
team now and they deserve to ride in the TDF.

Altho weird, as long as Bruyneel and Contador(true yellow jersey
contender but cloudy relationship with Operation Puerto, true or not)
are with Astana, ASO isn't going to let them in. ASO doesn't like
Bruyneel and the last thing ASO wants is another doping scandal with
the yellow jersey.

No, with Contador and Bruyneel, the thing that worries ASO is another
string of 7 consecutive victories.

-ilan