Posted by: Sal Atticum
« on: May 15, 2009, 02:13:48 PM »This explains the rumors about Lance buying Astana. Apparently the team has only been paid for two months out of 2009, so UCI is going to shut them down if the team doesn't get paid by the end of the Giro.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/16/sports/cycling/16cycling.html?_r=1&hpw
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/16/sports/cycling/16cycling.html?_r=1&hpw