Slipstream-Chipolte is a cycling team that looks, on the face of it, like they are trying to seriously combat doping in cycling, to the point where they are explicitly stating that they'd like to win races, but they are not all about winning. The feeling is, by doing so they are removing some of the pressure on their riders to dope. Slipstream is also implementing a state of the art rider monitoring system to, to the degree they can, ensure that their riders don't dope. They are going to be my team to root for in 2008.
On the other side, Astana may have a rival, Rock Racing. In fact, I'm betting that this team implodes completely in 2008. It doesn't hurt my prediction that they just signed Tyler Hamilton to race for them in '08. He joins Santi Botero who hasn't really raced since rumors started flowing about him while Phonak was blowing up. Cycling doesn't need Rock Racing right now.
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