Astana under investigation in France

Team Astana takes the podium after its win in the TTT

Team Astana takes the podium after its win in the TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Two and a half months after the Tour de France, public prosecution in Paris has opened a preliminary investigation against the Astana team, whose rider Alberto Contador won the event. The object of the investigation is the content of several syringes that the squad disposed of at the event, according to L'Equipe.