Vino’s back, this will be fun
Vino (right) and AC … here we go again?!
Alexander Vinokourov has, to use a Liggettism, set the cat among the pigeons. His win in last weekend’s Liege-Bastogne-Liege was straight out of the classic Vino repertoire — attack when nobody’s expecting it, and press home your advantage by continuing the attack all the way to the finish.
Well, so what? He’s a smart rider, a class rider as his palmares clearly shows. He’s also a drug cheat, but quite frankly he’s not the only rider in the peloton to return after suspension. Of the riders who have returned from suspension, Vino is quite possibly the only one who is tasting success at anywhere near the level they had before getting busted.
But the successful return from drug suspension is merely the latest phase in the fascinating career of Alexander Vinokourouv. And he is now a key figure in the drama of the biggest bike race in the world, the Tour de France.
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