Is Astana the team and the sponsor? I know they are the sponsor, I doubt they are the "team". Wasn't Vino and the clown behind the wheel DS the real "Team". I know with most pro cycling organizations, there is a management team and a sponsor.

US Postal and Discovery (and goes back much earlier) were just sponsors (title sponsors), the team was always Tailwind or whatever iteration of that team managed the "Team" at the time.

Not unlike "T-Mobile", T-Modlie was the sponsor, but Team High Road was the "Team".

New management, mostly new riders, it seems like this is pretty much a new team, an old sponsor, but a new team.

I'm not saying they have new tactics but if they are going to use the same anti-doping org as CSC did last year, it will be hard to point the finger at them for doping.