Two American teams get Tour de France invites

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Slipstream and High Road are in. Astana and Levi still left out in the cold.

 

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The Tour is really serious about excluding teams with a doping past, but Astana spokesperson says 8 of the teams have riders with previous doping backgrounds. The ugliness continues. I don't know if they can ever eradicate this aspect of sport, but the Tour is definitely trying.