Cycling: Ullrich keeps Tour bid alive

Leading Tour de France contender Jan Ullrich will compete in this year's race, starting on Sunday.

But Tour organisers have asked the Astana-Wurth team - formerly Liberty Seguros - to withdraw over the investigation into doping.

The Astana-Wurth team has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to rule on whether it can take part in the race. O

rganisers decided that doping allegations against German cyclist Ullrich were too weak to justify urging him to pull out of the Tour.