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• Vinokourov To Race Again In 2012
  September 22nd, 2011
  

  COPENHAGEN, Sept 22, 2011 – Kazakh rider Alexandre Vinokourov, victim of a fall during the Tour de France, confirmed on Thursday that he will continue to compete in 2012 with [...]

• Vinokourov Announces Retirement
  July 17th, 2011
  

  MONTPELLIER, France, July 17, 2011 – Kazakh cycling star Alexandre Vinokourov announced his retirement on French television on Sunday, a week after crashing out of the Tour de France with [...]

• Vinokourov Comes Through A “Successful” Operation
  July 11th, 2011
  

  LE LIORAN, France, July 11, 2011 (AFP) – Kazakhstan cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov came through a “successful” operation according to his Astana team Monday after the Tour de France star’s heavy [...]

• Tour de Crash Fest, More Yellow Jersey Men Crash Out
  July 10th, 2011
  

  saint-flour, France, July 10, 2011 (AFP) – Belgian yellow jersey contender Jurgen van den Broeck crashed out of the Tour de France Sunday due to injuries suffered in a mass [...]

• Crash Likely To End Vino’s Career
  July 10th, 2011
  

  saint-flour, France, July 10, 2011 (AFP) – Alexandre Vinokourov’s career appears to have come to a premature end after the Kazakhstan cycling star crashed out of the Tour de France [...]

• Rui Costa Wins Tour Stage 8, As Hushovd Keeps Yellow
  July 9th, 2011
  

  Written by: Justin Davis (AFP) SUPER-BESSE, France, July 9, 2011 – Portuguese Alberto Rui Costa hung on during a tense finish to claim his maiden Tour de France victory on [...]

• Wiggins Becomes Third Briton To Win Criterium du Dauphine
  June 12th, 2011
  

  LA TOUSSUIRE, France, June 12, 2011 (AFP) – Bradley Wiggins became the third Briton to win the Criterium du Dauphine after Spain’s Joaquin Rodriguez took the final 117.5km stage between [...]

• Degenkolb Sprints To Dauphine Second Stage Win, Vinokourov Keeps Lead
  June 7th, 2011
  

  Written by: Jean Montois LYON, France, June 7, 2011 (AFP) – German sprinter John Degenkolb of HTC-Highroad claimed his fifth win in his maiden season as a professional with victory [...]

• Vinokourov in Dauphine Lead as ‘VDB’ Breaks Duck
  June 6th, 2011
  

  SAINT-PIERRE-DE-CHARTREUSE, France, June 6, 2011 (AFP) – Veteran Alexandre Vinokourov took the leader’s jersey in the Criterium du Dauphine here Monday but was quick to pay tribute to surprise stage [...]

• Boom Starts His Dauphine With A Bang
  June 5th, 2011
  

  SAINT-JEAN-DE-MAURIENNE, France, June 5, 2011 (AFP) – Flying Dutchman Lars Boom powered to the overall lead of the Criterium du Dauphine stage race after dominating his rivals in the opening [...]

• Vinokourov, Mayo, Moreni Cleared by French Judge
  May 5th, 2011
  

  PAU, France, May 5, 2011 (AFP) – Top cyclists Alexandre Vinokourov, Iban Mayo and Cristian Moreni have escaped criminal charges in relation to breaking doping laws during the 2007 Tour [...]

• Vinokourov Wins Tour de Romandie Third Stage
  April 29th, 2011
  

  NEUCHATEL, Switzerland, April 29, 2011 – Astana’s Alexandre Vinokourov won the 166.1 km third stage of the Tour de Romandie from Thierrens to the western Swiss town of Neuchatel on [...]

• Vino Rules Out Coalition To Beat Gilbert
  April 23rd, 2011
  

  LIEGE, Belgium, April 23, 2011 – Defending champion Alexandre Vinokourov has ruled out a concerted effort in the peloton to stop race favorite Philippe Gilbert from winning Liege-Bastogne-Liege. However the [...]

• Vinokourov Wins Basque Tour Third Stage
  April 6th, 2011
  

  MADRID, April 6, 2011 – Kazakhstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov launched a daring attack just two kilometers from the finish to win Wednesday’s third stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, [...]

• Vinokourov Determined to Retire In Yellow
  January 29th, 2011
  

  MONACO – Veteran cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov announced on Friday that 2011 will be his last season as a professional rider, but he is determined to wear the yellow jersey again [...]

• Roman Kreuziger Signs With Astana
  August 17th, 2010
  

  PRAGUE – Rising Czech cycling star Roman Kreuziger signed for Kazakh outfit Astana on a two year contract on Tuesday from Italian team Liquigas. The 24-year-old – winner of this [...]

• Vinokourov Closes Doping Past With Tour Stage Win
  July 17th, 2010
  

  REVEL, France – Alexandre Vinokourov scored his first victory on the Tour de France since completing a doping suspension after a gutsy attack late in the race’s 13th stage from [...]

• Injury Scare For Contador After Stage 2 Crash
  July 5th, 2010
  

  SPA, Belgium – Alberto Contador survived the crash carnage of the Tour de France second stage Monday but was still complaining of injuries that could seriously hamper his ride in [...]

• American Farrar Celebrates Second Stage Victory
  May 18th, 2010
  

  by Jean Montois BITONTO, Italy, May 18, 2010 (AFP) – American rider Tyler Farrar won his second stage of this year’s Tour of Italy when he collected the 10th stage [...]

• Goss Brings More Aussie Stage Glory In Tour of Italy
  May 17th, 2010
  

  CAVA DE’ TIRRENI, Italy, May 17, 2010 – Australian rider Matthew Goss won the ninth stage of the Tour of Italy on Monday, a 187 kilometres ride under the driving [...]

• Alexandre Vinokourov “The Giro Really Started Today”
  May 15th, 2010
  

  At the 7th stage of the Giro d’Italia Astana team leader Alexandre Vinokourov came in third place behind Cadel Evans, winner of the stage. It is thus placed in first [...]

• Evans Wins Giro’s Stage 7, Vinokourov In Pink
  May 15th, 2010
  

  ROME, May 15, 2010 (AFP) – Australia’s Cadel Evans won a gruelling seventh stage of the Tour of Italy over 222km from Carrara to Montalcino on Saturday as Alexandre Vinokourov [...]

• Vinokourov Takes Pink As Weylandt Wins Third Stage
  May 10th, 2010
  

  MIDDELBURG, Netherlands, May 10, 2010 (AFP) – Veteran Alexandre Vinokourov, riding for Astana, took the overall leader’s pink jersey following Monday’s third stage of the Tour of Italy, the day’s [...]

• ‘Saddened’ Vinokourov Reiterates Doping Innocence
  April 26th, 2010
  

  PARIS, April 27, 2010 (AFP) – Riled by the negative impact of his victory in Liege-Bastogne-Liege, former dope cheat Alexandre Vinokourov took the unusual step of writing an open letter [...]

• Alexandre Vinokourov Interview
  April 26th, 2010
  

  Alexandre Vinokourov Interview is unedited and in the original text. Five years after his first victory in Liege?Bastogne?Liege, Alexandre Vinokourov has won the double today in Liege arriving alone on [...]

• Vinokourov Stuns Favourites To Win Liege-Bastogne-Liege
  April 25th, 2010
  

  ANS, Belgium, April 25, 2010 – Kazakhstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov, of Astana stunned a host of bigger favorites to win Liege-Bastogne-Liege, cycling’s oldest one-day classic, for the second time Sunday. Vinokourov, [...]

• Contador Unfazed Of An Armstrong Challenge
  January 31st, 2010
  

  VIENNA, Jan 30, 2010 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador insists the thought of having seven-time winner Lance Armstrong as his main rival in this year’s race is [...]

• Philippe Gilbert Winning Streak Continues At Tour of Lombardy
  October 17th, 2009
  

  Belgian Philippe Gilbert won his fourth race in a row as his hot streak continued with victory in Saturday’s Tour of Lombardy over 242km from Varese to Cuomo. Gilbert beat [...]

• ‘Vino’ and ‘Kash’ Return To Worlds Stage After Bans
  September 23rd, 2009
  

  Kazakhstan riders Andrey Kashechkin and Alexandre Vinokourov will compete in Thursday’s time trial at the world road race championships after completing recent bans for doping. Vinokourov, a former podium finisher [...]

• Vinokourov To Fight On As Horner Forced To Quit Vuelta
  September 2nd, 2009
  

  TARRAGONA, Spain, Sept 2, 2009 (AFP) – American Chris Horner has been forced out of the Tour of Spain after sustaining injuries in the mass pile-up which marred the end [...]

• Hand Fracture For Horner in Tour of Spain / Vinokourov Continues After Crash
  September 1st, 2009
  

  LIEGE SEPTEMBER 1st – Team Astana’s Chris Horner broke his left hand in the high-speed massive crash in the 4th stage of the Tour of Spain. Besides the undisplaced fracture [...]

• Cancellara Motors To Tour of Spain Opener
  August 29th, 2009
  

  ASSEN, Netherlands, Aug 29, 2009 (AFP) – Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara of the Saxo Bank team won the Tour of Spain opening prologue on Saturday which took place hundreds of [...]

• Astana Says Contador Going Nowhere in 2010
  August 15th, 2009
  

  PARIS, Aug 15, 2009 (AFP) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been warned he may have to fight if he is to be granted his wish of leaving [...]

• Taaramae Snatches Overall Win From Horner
  August 12th, 2009
  

  CULOZ, France, Aug 12, 2009 (AFP) – Estonia’s Rein Taaramae of the Cofidis team won the final stage of the four-day Tour de l’Ain on Wednesday to snatch overall victory [...]

• Vinokourov Shows Good Form At Tour de l’Ain
  August 11th, 2009
  

  SAINT-GENIS-POUILLY , France, Aug 11, 2009 (AFP) – Kazakh rider Alexandre Vinokourov, just back from a two-year blood doping ban, on Tuesday showed a clean pair of wheels to his [...]

• Vinokourov Returns To Roots On Competitive Return
  August 6th, 2009
  

  BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France, Aug 6, 2009 (AFP) – Disgraced cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov will make his competitive return this week hoping to show he has not lost too much race form during [...]

• Vinokourov Set To Return To Racing Post Doping Ban
  August 3rd, 2009
  

  Kazakh cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov will return to racing Tuesday after serving a two-year doping ban which followed a positive test on the 2007 Tour de France. Vinokourov will get back [...]

• It’s Bruyneel Or Me, Says Banned Vinokourov
  July 2nd, 2009
  

  by Ryland James MONACO, July 2, 2009 (AFP) – Banned rider Alexandre Vinokourov, whose doping suspension ends on July 24, insisted he will return to the Astana team even if [...]

• CAS Uphoalds Vinokourov’s Ban Until End Of July
  June 16th, 2009
  

  International Sport’s top court upheald Tuesday that disgraced Kazakh doper cyclist Alexander Vinokourov must serve out a two-year doping ban until late July. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) [...]

• New Jersey, And No Sponsor On Armstrong’s Angry Team Kit
  May 15th, 2009
  

  American Lance Armstrong’s Astana team admitted Friday they have been forced into desperate measures in a bid to publicize a never-ending financial dispute with their key sponsors. Seven-time Tour de [...]

• Alexandre Vinokourov Threatens Comeback
  May 8th, 2009
  

  Kazakhstan’s Alexandre Vinokourov has said he wants to launch a comeback later this year after competing a two-year suspension for a doping offense. “I do not want to end my [...]

• Disgraced Vinokourov Looks To Join Up With Armstrong At Team Astana
  October 4th, 2008
  

  BRUSSELS, Oct 4, 2008 (AFP) – Disgraced Tour de France star Alexandre Vinokourov has announced plans to return to professional cycling, with the Astana team of Lance Armstrong, according to [...]

• Vino, Mayo and Moreni To Face Criminal Charges
  July 12th, 2008
  

  PAU, France, July 12, 2008 (AFP) – Former Astana team leader Alexandre Vinokourov is among three riders set to face criminal charges following the discovery of drugs at last year’s [...]

• Liquigas Team Now At Risk Of Tour Expulsion As Beltran Tests Positive
  July 11th, 2008
  

  by Justin Davis AURILLAC, France, July 11, 2008 (AFP) – French police have taken Spanish cyclist Manuel Beltran, of the Liquigas team, away for questioning in the wake of the [...]