cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
A delegation of five Astana representatives will today meet with the UCI to address the ongoing issue of the team’s ProTour licence in 2010. A decision is expected on November 20 and Het Nieuwsblad reports that the party aims to sure up the squad’s licence arrangements in an attempt to maintain the services of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador. If Alexandre Vinokourov’s outfit...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Alexandre Vinokourov says he expects former Astana teammate Andrey Kashechkin will be forced to find another team for the 2010 season. In an interview with Kazakh website Prosportkz.kz Vinokourov also stated that if Alberto Contador remains with the team in 2010, he will be fully committed to the Spainard's attempt at a third Tour de France victory. Vinokourov and Kashechkin were both dismissed from...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
It's been quite a year for Johan Bruyneel. The man who guided Lance Armstrong, and more recently, Alberto Contador, to their Tour de France wins, opened up to Belgian lifestyle magazine Humo at home in Spain, talking about a season that included Armstrong's comeback, the death of Frank Vandenbroucke and strained relations with Contador, Alexandre Vinokourov and the man behind the Astana team. An obvious...
www.cyclingfans.com (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Hotel Kazakhstana: Alexandre Vinokourov's touching tribute to Alberto Contador. Available soon from CF Records. photo Copyright © Pete Geyer/www.cyclingfans.com
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
After the fall-out of Firenze-Pistoia, the Chrono des Nations is the only UCI Cat. 1.1 individual time trial left on the international calendar at the end of the cycling season. After competing the Tour of Lombardy, Philippe Gilbert, Alexandre Vinokourov, Thomas Voeckler, Maxime Monfort and Rubens Bertogliati will head to the west of France to race against the clock on the 48.5km course of Les Herbiers...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
• New backers for Astana means Alberto Contador could stay • Wiggins unlikely to join Team Sky if Garmin don't sign Spaniard In a development that could have implications for Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins, the future of the Tour de France winner Alberto Contador's Astana team has reportedly been secured with a new three‑year sponsorship. According to the president of the Kazakh Cycling...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
Reports that relations between Alexandre Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin have cooled appeared to be given credence during Thursday's time trial, when the Kazakhstan pair seemed to go to great lengths to avoid each other. Kashechkin, who used to be a team-mate and friend of Vinokourov at Astana, was competing in his first race since his ban for blood doping ended in early August. He has apparently...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
As a second year professional Alejandro Valverde won two stages and finished third overall in the Vuelta a España. Then aged just 23 years of age, his 2003 performance led many to predict he’d soon win Spain’s biggest event, as well as many other races. His career hasn’t quite progressed along those lines; since then his best performance was third again in 2004, and second...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Garmin-Slipstream’s Ryder Hesjedal finished second on the Vuelta a España’s stage 10 from Alicante to Murcia, but the Canadian believes there’s more to come from his Garmin team-mates. Tom Danielson is currently sitting in fourth overall and Tyler Farrar remains in the hunt for stage wins. Hesjedal formed part of a 19-man breakaway that built up an eight minute lead on the...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
It was always a bit too flat to be a hometown parade for leader Alejandro Valverde, but a four-man escape made hash of the expected sprint, treating the fans to a long-running slalom and eventual sprint, won by Simon Gerrans. Results: Simon Gerrans, Cervelo Ryder Hesjedal, Garmin Jakob Fuglsang, Saxo Bank Alexandre Vinokourov, Astana No big change to the overall...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
Follow Cyclingnews' Vuelta a España rider galleries as the action unfolds in Spain's Grand Tour. Some may triumph, some may fall by the wayside. Whatever happens, the race will produce some incredible performances and some equally incredible images. Click on the links below to view the Vuelta a España gallery for each rider: Ivan Basso Tom Boonen Cadel Evans Tyler Farrar Samuel Sánchez...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
Alexandre Vinokourov's involvement with this year's Vuelta a España was one of the hottest topics in the lead up to the race. Bold pre-Tour de France statements gave the impression of a triumphant return to the helm of Astana. Instead, the Kazakh was tied up in negotiations until days before the Vuelta's start. He played down expectations of a high overall finish before the race, but Vinokourov...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 28/08/2009
Three years after winning the Spanish Vuelta, Alexandre Vinokourov returns to the event for the first time since a doping ban.
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov says will fight for a stage win in the Vuelta a España, August 29 to September 20. He has ruled out victory in the overall classification, citing a lack of fitness after a return from his two-year doping suspension. "I have to be realistic, I think that aiming for the overall victory is impossible," he told De Telegraaf. Vinokourov completed last month...
Cyclocosm (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it from so many sources: Alexandre Vinokourov, aka Vino-4-Ever, is not only back racing, he’s riding for the same Astana team that Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador struggled for control of this summer, under the very same same director that struggled to control them. Not only that, [...]
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