Alexandre Vinokourov

Congrats to Vino - he held off Kirchen and Zubeldia for the Stage win. Photo: Reuters, Yahoo 1. Alexandre Vinokourov , of AST 2. Kim Kirchen , of TMO , with gap of 51.000'' 3. Haimar Zubeldia , of EUS , with gap of 51.000'' 4. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo , of SDV , with gap of 58.000'' 5. Juan Manuel Garate , of QSI , with gap of 2'14.000'' 6. David Arroyo , of GCE , with gap of 3'23.000'' 7. Bernhard Kohl , of GST , with gap of 4'25.000'' 8. Christian Vandevelde , of CSC , with gap of 4'25.000'' 9. ... Read Full Story

Fox Sports had a nice summary of Vino's performance so far in the 2007 Tour de France.  Vino was a favorite coming into the race, but his crash has put him far nehind the leader. Here's an excerpt: Bike problems catapulted pre-race favorite Alexander Vinokourov of team Astana onto the pavement in stage five. Vino came up from the crash looking like an extra in a Rob Zombie movie. Blood poured from both knees and his right elbow, and a giant strawberry on his right hip glowed through his shredded short, but he finished the stage. After a quick trip to the hospital that ... Read Full Story

The Kazakhstan Cycling Federation is committed to integrity on all levels. The Kazakhstan Cycling Federation does not tolerate inappropriate behavior on its athlete’ s part even if that inappropriate behavior means a win for Kazakhstan. A win that is ill gotten means nothing in the long term and recently the Kazakhstan Cycling Federation proved this commitment to integrity and good sportsmanship with it’ s handling of a doping scandal. The scandal meant that Kazakhstan had to pull out of the Tour de France after it was found that one of its team members failed a dope test. Fairness Alexandre Vinokourov a member of the ... Read Full Story

Stage 13 Results 1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 1.06.35 (48.661 km/h) 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 1.14 3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1.39 4 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 1.44 5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.13 6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.15 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Discovery Channel 2.18 8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.37 9 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.38 Stage race details here 10 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.41 Read Full Story

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