The Team Astana Fan Page, an unofficial site with eerily accurate coverage of team news, is reporting that Astana was granted a Pro Tour license today. With little information to go on right now, we are working under the assumption that this is the same Pro Tour license which was take from Active Bay just yesterday. While it’s not shocking to see a team of Astana’s caliber receive a Pro Tour license, the news came unexpectedly early as the UCI itself said that it would revisit Astana’s application on December 20th. Perhaps even more confusing is an alleged statement by UCI Chairman Pat McQuaid where he said that Astana had no chance of receiving a Pro Tour license after their initial rejection. More to come….

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