Alexandre Vinokourov is pleased that Astana has again been given a WorldTour license despite the "many lies that have been told." In an interview with the Kazakh website Zakon, the team boss welcomes the measure taken by the UCI to monitor the anti-doping policy and code of ethics of the team.

Astana general manager Alexandre Vinokourov believes that theuncertainty, especially in the last week, around the team has even strengthened them. "Let's show it on the road. Yesterday I spoke with the team via Skype. We are all very happy and now we have more cohesion and motivation.I told the trainers, Fofonov, Shefer, the riders, that they have to use this helpless anger to prove that the team has won before and will win again without doping - this whole thing has left a deep impression on the team and will motivate us all season, and that is going to help us a lot. We want to show that we are the number one team and the best in the world."

Vinokourov insists that they have been wrongly accused of systematic doping but he does not deny that he worked with doctor Michele Ferrari during his time as a rider. "In the last week a lot of lies about us have been told. Also about the cooperastion with Ferrari. Nobody hides that I worked with him in 2007. But not later than that. It was obvious that someone did not want Astana to obtain a license, but you have to acknowledge the work of the Commission which has reviewed the situation. I explained that this is not systematic doping. It was a one-time family occurrence with the Iglinskiy brothers."

The 2012 Olympic champion welcomes that the team will be monitored by the University of Lausanne who will finalize their investigation in February. "Olympic champion in 2012 welcomes the supervision of the University of Lausanne will present an audit in February. "We are open to the UCI, we have nothing to hide," he said of the upcoming audit. "We are transparent."

"The Lausanne University audit I think will be extremely useful for us, and it will begin from the first of the year," he added. "I think they will join us in Calpe at our next training camp from the 12th to the 24th. We will discuss with them, work with them, and if they suggest something new then it will be something we can introduce right then and there into the team.

"When we met with the commission on November 6 the audit was the first point of discussion. The audit is both of our management structure and our athletic side - that's what they will be checking - probably they will question the athletes, the directors, the doctors - and ask how our team is run from within - whether we have a sufficient number of doctors on the team, enough directors - it could come down to that they want us to have one trainer for every five or six riders."

Vinokourov has utmost confidence in their his . "No one is going anywhere. Not even Nibali, as was written. We are in talks with Fabio Aru to extend his contract for another three years. Nibali not going anywhere as he has a great team. He came into our structure, and today is the best rider in the world. His goals for next year are primarily the Tour de France. The Giro is not possible. We have a young rider, Aru. Maybe he is not ready to win but he will fight for victory in the Giro with Contador," he says.