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	Cycling Hall of Fame.com
		Alexander Vinokourov was born on September 16, 1973.
		Vinokourov won the 2006 Vuelta a Espana in front of Alejandro Valverde of Spain and Andrey Kashechkin of Kazakhstan.
		Vinokourov was also 3rd in the 2003 Tour de France behind American Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich of Germany.
	www.cyclinghalloffame.com /riders/rider_bio.asp?rider_id=61 (112 words)

	Alexander Vinokourov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, (born 16 September 1973 in Petropavlovsk, Soviet Union, now Petropavl, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh (ethnic Russian) professional road bicycle racer.
		In 2004 he was one of the main favorites for the Tour de France, but a few weeks before the start he broke his shoulder in the Tour de Suisse, and was forced to miss the Tour de France.
		The 2005 season has shown Vinokourov's excellent form in his win of the oldest of the classics Liège-Bastogne-Liège, a stage in the Dauphiné Libéré atop the mythical Mont Ventoux, and the Kazakh National Road Race Championships.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Vinokourov (1313 words)

	Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News
		Alexander never has to pay his parking tickets, and if he would get it in his head to go hunting for big game with his pals Ullrich and Klöden, all he has to do is file a simple request with the army and in no time he’ll have a helicopter at his full disposal.
		Vinokourov and Jan Ullrich at Zuri Metzgete 2003.
		Vinokourov fired his pedals with all the rage and sorrow he had in him, won the stage to the Mont-Faron, pointed to the sky when he crossed the finish line, and took a picture of his fallen comrade with him on stage during his “celebration” as winner of the race to the sun.
	www.dailypeloton.com /displayarticle.asp?pk=5935 (1631 words)

	Sport \| Alexander the great, but Armstrong still the best
		Vinokourov, who finished third overall behind Armstrong and Jan Ullrich of Germany in the 2003 Tour, pipped fellow escapee Santiago Botero of Colombia to win the stage after a 172km ride from Courchevel to Briancon.
		Vinokourov also picked up 36 bonus seconds but is only 12th overall and some 4min 47sec behind Armstrong who looks to be as strong as ever in his final ever ride in the Tour he has dominated since his near-miraculous recovery from life-threatening cancer in the late 1990s.
		Vinokourov's display and Armstrong's dominance were nonetheless overshadowed on Wednesday by the controversy surrounding Frigo, who was detained, and could not start the race.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5238288-116820,00.html (604 words)

	Racing and Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Thursday, 14 July 2005: Alexander Vinokourov has won the second high mountain leg of the Tour de France, overcoming a defeat to Lance Armstrong in the previous stage.
		Vinokourov had lost more than five minutes to Armstrong on the final climb in Courchevel on Tuesday and was but his fighting spirit allowed him to add to his previous Tour stage win in Gap two years ago.
		The way Vinokourov shook his fist in joy on crossing the line showed how intent he was on setting the record straight after his performance on Tuesday.
	www.aapracingandsports.com.au /sports/rsnewsart.asp?NID=66496 (558 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - Vinokourov holds on to win Tour de Suisse
		AARAU, Switzerland -- Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan won the Tour de Suisse on Wednesday, cruising to victory after nearest rival Francesco Casagrande of Italy withdrew before the start of the ninth and final stage.
		Vinokourov battled Casagrande throughout the tour, winning the first stage and then holding his overall lead until Saturday's fifth stage, when the Italian grabbed the yellow jersey.
		Vinokourov, who himself withdrew from the 2002 Tour de Suisse after he broke a bone at the base of his spine in the fifth stage, said his mind is already on cycling's biggest challenge.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2003/0625/1572767.html (322 words)

	Vinokourov feels Vuelta vibe
		Kazakh racer and Astana team hope Alexander Vinokourov, seen here in February 2006, said he was looking forward to justifying his status as one of the favourites for this year's Tour of Spain which starts Saturday in the southern city of Malaga.
		Kazakh racer and Astana team hope Alexander Vinokourov said he was looking forward to justifying his status as one of the favourites for this year's Tour of Spain which starts Saturday in the southern city of Malaga.
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	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=139051 (298 words)

	ESPN.com - Vinokourov seventh to win back-to-back years
		PARIS -- The Paris-Nice cycling race was won for the second straight year by Kazakhstan's Alexander Vinokourov, a close friend of the rider who died after falling from his bike.
		Vinokourov, who races for Team Telekom, was a friend of countryman Andrei Kivilev, the Cofidis rider who died in Saint-Etienne on Wednesday from head injuries.
		Vinokourov became the seventh rider to win the Paris-Nice in back-to-back years.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1524562&type=news (123 words)

	Vinokourov celebrates birthday with win - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
		Vinokourov said his next objective was a good performance at the World Championships in Austria in both the time trial event on Thursday and the road race on Sunday week.
		Vinokourov said winning in Spain was what he needed in order to fight for the Tour de France in 2007.
		The winner of stage eight to Lugo, stage nine to La Cobertoria and stage 20 in Rivas VaciaMadrid, Vinokourov said the key to his overall victory in Spain was stage 17 to Granada.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Sport/Vinokourov-celebrates-birthday-with-win/2006/09/17/1158431574083.html (535 words)

	End of the road for Vinokourov at T-Mobile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Vinokourov, who finished third in the 2003 edition of the Tour de France, was considered a major threat to Lance Armstrong before the start of this year's race.
		Vinokourov has had a rollercoaster style Tour as he currently stands ninth in the general standings with one stage win under his belt after success in the 11th stage that finished in Briancon.
		Vinokourov turned professional in 1998, when he signed for the French team Casino, and then joined forces with T-Mobile in 2000 when the outfit was called Deutche Telekom.
	archive.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=61311 (361 words)

	Valverde takes last stage, Julich wins Paris-Nice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Alexander Vinokourov was also showing aspirations in the peloton at this moment.
		Vinokourov escaped from the peloton and joined up with Alberto Contador, in a final attempt to restore some of his Paris-Nice reputation.
		In the last kilometer of the stage, the two were caught by the pack, in which Illes Balears rider Alejandro Valverde was the strongest sprinter, ahead of Pellizotti and Kim Kirchen.
	www.cyclingpost.com /other/printer_252.shtml (284 words)

	Alexander Vinokourov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His breakthrough was in 1999 when he won the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque and the Dauphiné Libéré.
		Many observed that Vinokourov tended to ride separated from his T-Mobile teammates.
		He joins Joseba Beloki, Jörg Jaksche, Igor González de Galdeano, and fellow countrymen Andrei Kascheckin riders who are or were all interested a top-10 TdF General Classification place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexandre_Vinokourov (1313 words)

	Alexander Vinokourov - Definition, explanation
		Alexander Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, (born 1973) is a Kazakh cyclist.
		In 2004 he was one of the main favorites for the Tour de France, but a few weeks before the start he broke his shoulder in the Tour de Suisse, and was forced to miss the Tour de France.
		The 2005 season has shown Vinokourov's excellent form in his win of the oldest of the classics Liege-Bastogne-Liege.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/al/alexander_vinokourov.php (263 words)

	ESPN.com: OLY - Vinokourov regains lead at Tour de Suisse
		GOSSAU, Switzerland -- Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakstan regained the lead in the Tour de Suisse on Tuesday with one stage remaining.
		Vinokourov was fifth in the 21-mile time trial but reclaimed the yellow jersey he lost to Italy's Francesco Casagrande on Saturday.
		Vinokourov is 15 seconds ahead of Casagrande, who was 15th in the time trial.
	espn.go.com /oly/news/2003/0624/1572377.html (141 words)

	The Inyo Register (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		As the climbing began in earnest, Alexander Vinokourov was the first contender to be dropped from the leading group.
		Popovych, a new addition to Discovery and one of the young stars of bike racing, had crashed 20 minutes earlier on the descent to the base of the Courchevel climb, but seemed to suffer no ill-effects, pacing Armstrong up the first quarter of the final climb.
		Alexander Vinokourov was able to save face, attacking earlier in Stage 11 and holding on for the win.
	www.inyoregister.com /articles/2005/07/27/sports/517spo02.txt (982 words)

	Stage winner doesn't concern Armstrong
		Vinokourov recaptured some luster for himself and his team by going on the offensive Wednesday and, at the end, by beating Santiago Botero, a Colombian with Phonak, in a sprint to the finish line.
		By winning, Vinokourov showed the form that enabled him to finish third in the 2003 Tour and to win both one-day classics and short multiday races throughout his eight-year career as a professional.
		Because Vinokourov was 6:32 behind at the start of this 11th of 21 stages, and because Armstrong's Discovery Channel teammates cannot chase after every attack, a decision was made to let Vinokourov go.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0714tour0714.html (1239 words)

	ABC News: T-Mobile attacks, but Armstrong leads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Armstrong and key rivals Jan Ullrich and Alexander Vinokourov arrived in a pack, 27 seconds behind the two leaders.
		Vinokourov, third in 2003, is perhaps the biggest danger.
		Armstrong, Ullrich and Vinokourov were part of a 32-rider pack at the end.
	abcnews.go.com /Sports/ESPNSports/story?id=924083 (943 words)

	Simplement Fait-Il § Unqualified Offerings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Vinokourov was a loose cannon, a man with little or no interest in his own T-Mobile team, but his reckless and unpredictable attacks did keep this tour from becoming a boring coronation.
		Vinokourov is too cool to wear T-Mobile colors because he is the Kazakh national road racing champion.
		Re Vinokourov, my conspiracy theory was that he had been tipped to take over Discovery next year, and that the OLN team, figuring their bread is buttered on the Discovery side of the slice, were talking him up for that reason.
	highclearing.com /index.php/archives/2005/07/24/4476 (1161 words)

	Vinokourov takes lead at Swiss Tour
		Vinokourov had been on the attack throughout the latter portion of the 163km stage from Egerkingen to Le Locle, but never managed to initiate a successful break until the closing meters as the peloton charged to the finish in Le Locle.
		Vinokourov managed to slip away with Fassa Bortolo's Sergei Ivanov, before beating the Russian to the line, in a winning time of 4:13:43.
		The victory was particularly sweet for Vinokourov, who suffered a broken tail bone in last year's race, forcing him to miss the Tour de France, as a result.
	www.velonews.com /race/int/articles/4120.0.html (285 words)

	Vinokourov wins 11th stage
		Badly beaten by Lance Armstrong in the previous stage, Alexander Vinokourov reacted with class when he won the second high mountain leg of the Tour de France on Wednesday.
		The way Vinokourov shook his fist in joy on crossing the line showed how intent he was on setting the record straight after his performance on Tuesday.
		He held a maximum lead of some three minutes at the top of the Galibier, but the gap was reduced to 1:15 on the 38 km of descent towards the finish.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2005/jul/14tour.htm (586 words)

	Vinokourov wins tough stage after breakaway - Sport - smh.com.au
		Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan reaches the top of the Col de la Madeleine during stage 11 of the Tour de France between Courchevel and Briancon on Wednesday.
		Seen as one of the main threats to the American's bid for a seventh Tour victory, Vinokourov struck back to show he had not won Liege-Bastogne-Liege and a gruelling Dauphine Libere stage at Mont Ventoux this season by chance.
		He held a maximum lead of about three minutes at the top of the Galibier, but the gap was reduced to 1:15 on the 38 kilometres of descent towards the finish.
	www.smh.com.au /news/sport/vinokourov-wins-tough-stage-after-breakaway/2005/07/14/1120934338516.html (632 words)

	NEWSFLASH from the WBT newsdesk: Vino to leave T-Mobile but to where ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Kazakh rider Alexander Vinokourov told his T-Mobile team on Wednesday that he would leave at the end of the season.
		Vinokourov will reveal his plans for the future in the next few day, and is expected to sign for a French team - probably Credit Agricole - once the Tour finishes on Sunday.
		Vinokourov was disillusioned about playing second fiddle to team leader Jan Ullrich, and wishes to become a leader himself in his bid to win the Tour de France before retiring.
	www.cyclingforums.com /showthread.php?t=264192 (2513 words)

	Carmichael Training Systems - Coaches and Camps for Cycling, Multisport, Running, and Aerobic \| Stage 11: There’s No ...
		Alexander Vinokourov spent about 140 kilometers off the front of the field today, and expended a huge amount of energy, but the nature of the course actually meant the first group of chasers spent nearly the same amount.
		During the climb of the Col du Galibier today, Alexander Vinokourov and the chasing peloton behind him were riding around 20-21 kph (12-13 mph).
		Vinokourov and Santiago Botero may have been able to go through some of the switchbacks a little faster, but not much because the chase group was strung out in a long line through those same turns.
	www.trainright.com /info.asp?action=display&record=220 (883 words)

	svt.se - Övrig sport
		Kazakerna Alexander Vinokourov och Andrej Kasjetjkin ryckte med 6 km kvar och Vinokourov utökade sin ledning i Spanien Runt, som avslutas på söndag i Madrid.
		Efter 8 km stigning satte Vinokourov in ett ryck sista dryga halvmilen.
		Vinokourov fick inte vara med i Tour de France sedan fem av hans stallkamrater var inblandade i en dopningshärva.
	www.svt.se /svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?showResults723436=true&a=660012&d=21335 (431 words)

	CTS Tour de France Newsletter :: Stage 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Vinokourov is dangerous because he is quick and cunning.
		Alexander Vinokourov benefited most because he missed Mengin and was gone before the pack slid into the unlucky Frenchman.
		Alexander Vinokourov wasn’t looking to move into the yellow jersey today, but he’s thinking days and weeks into the future.
	www.bikecafe.net /cts/cts.07.07.05.asp (2740 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com presents the 55th Vuelta España 2000
		Kazakh Alexander Vinokourov (Telekom) took a much deserved victory today, when he surprised early breakaways Vicente Garcia Acosta (Banesto) and Roberto Laiseka (Euskatel) close to the finish.
		None of them seemed to know how close Vinokourov actually was at this point, and when Alexander got eye contact with a kilometer to go, it was hard to believe that anything could stop him.
		Vinokourov was delighted, but Garcia Acosta was furious and started to insult Laiseka right after the finish.
	cyclingnews.com /results/2000/aug00/vuelta00/stages/vuelta0018r.shtml (369 words)

	CNN.com - Vinokourov to become Astana chief - Jul 2, 2006
		Vinokourov said that Saiz's shares in the Active Bay group that controls the team would be bought up by Kazakh businesses that have grouped together under the name of Astana.
		Liberty Seguros withdrew their sponsorship of the team soon after and Saiz was forced to step aside as its sporting director, but he continued to hold a share in the Active Bay group that controlled its successor team.
		Vinokourov was one of the favorites to win this year's Tour de France, but was unable to start the race after five of his teammates appeared on a list of riders named in a report on the doping investigation.
	edition.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/07/02/cycling.astana/index.html (313 words)

	IOL: Vinokourov wins stage eight in Spain
		Vinokourov said losing Friday's seventh stage mountain-top finish to Spaniard Alejandro Valverde by 12 seconds had increased his motivation.
		Vinokourov's decision to compete came after Astana were unable to take part in the Tour de France following the exclusion of five of his team mates because of their association with the recent doping scandals that have hit the sport.
		Vinokourov said Saiz's shares in the Active Bay group that controls the team would be bought up by Kazakh businesses that have grouped together under the name of Astana and that he himself would become the team's sporting director in the future.
	www.iol.co.za /?set_id=6&click_id=185&art_id=qw1157204160305S163 (531 words)

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