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Astana struggling to hang on to Contador

Source: guardian.co.uk Sport

Oct 23, 2009

Summary

• Kazakh-backed team have missed UCI deadline
• Wiggins's move to Team Sky also back on agenda

The protracted saga of which team Alberto Contador will ride for next season took another twist yesterday when it emerged that the Tour de France winner's Astana team has not yet met the International Cycling Union (UCI)'s criteria for a ProTour licence. If the Kazakhstan-backed team is not awarded the licence, which ensures entry to cycling's top races, then Contador will be granted his wish to break the final year of his contract and move to another team.

That is a scenario that could have implications for Team Sky, the new British squad, which is attempting to coax Bradley Wiggins from Garmin-Slipstream, to whom the British rider is under contract for 2010. Garmin is one of three teams interested in Contador and, if the Spaniard becomes a free agent, they will swoop, along with the Belgian Quickstep team and Spain's Caisse d'Epargne. If Contador goes to Garmin, then it seems likely that Wiggins would be allowed to complete the move to Sky.

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