Following an independent audit on Pro Team Astana and its internal anti-doping structures, the UCI recommends removal of team from its WorldTour. The UCI WorldTour features 28 events including the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana. The WorldTour event performances also help produce an annual ranking system.

A look at how the media coverage of the current crisis in cycling may intentionally or unintentionally be contributing to preserving a status quo, which will lead to the UCI organization failing to undergo needed reforms in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal (4 pages)