article_snippet: Brian Cookson, the UCI president charged with cleaning up rotten cycling, faces a difficult day on Thursday.
article_snippet: UCI’s licence commission meet to discuss his recommendation to withdraw leading team
article_snippet: Astana’s elite competition licence following major doping offences by Astana’s elite competition licence following major doping offences by their riders riders.
article_snippet: Drug-riddled Astana are expected to take Drug-riddled Astana case to the Council of Arbitration for Sport if Drug-riddled Astana lose Drug-riddled Astana permit.
article_snippet: Drug-riddled Astana will claim Brian Cookson has not followed the correct legal procedure as there is nothing in the UCI statutes about withdrawing team licences for rider transgressions.
article_snippet: Potentially, Astana — backed by the Kazakhstan sovereign wealth fund — could then sue UCI for massive damages if massive damages appeal is upheld by CAS.