After testing positive for a banned substance, Vinokourov and the entire Astana team have pulled out of the 2007 Tour de France.
As I wrote in an earlier post, my bet was for Rasmussen to test positive (as he was given a control test the other day), but the first rider to fall this year has been Vinokourov. Darn it.
Not because I was wrong, but because this was turning out to be a great Tour and the finish was not anywhere decided before today's rest day. Well, it's still not decided, but the main team that was putting chink after chink into Rasmussen's armor was Astana.
Now we'll see what shakes out from this development, how the comments come flying in from readers and fans alike, and if the final stage in Paris even occurs!
I worry for the sport and know that it might have to collapse completely to be reborn.
I'll be watching tomorrow's stage 16 to see if teams protest like they did in 1998 or if they go on like nothing happened. I also believe that control tests will be stepped up and UCI will spread the nets wider to collect a lot more riders before this tour ends on July 29.
I spent the day in Brussels talking with beer-drinking Belgians about Tom Boonen and the Tour in general and now I don't know what to feel. Paris might be great in the springtime and super around Tour time, but not if everyone and their brother is doped to the gills.
Pah, tre bien!!!
Showing posts with label Vinokourov. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vinokourov. Show all posts
24 July 2007
23 July 2007
Vinokourov!!
Not saying he's won the stage yet, but he's been a maniac attacking the lead groups and keeps jumping off the front.
Here's the flash from Versus.com...
Vinokourov began his move 6km from the top of the final climb. He know leads by:
30" - Zubeldia
35" - Cobo
(NOTE: the misspelling in that flash belonges solely to Versus)
Here's the flash from Versus.com...
Vinokourov began his move 6km from the top of the final climb. He know leads by:
30" - Zubeldia
35" - Cobo
(NOTE: the misspelling in that flash belonges solely to Versus)
21 July 2007
SPOILER - TIME TRIAL RESULTS
The leaderboard has been jumbled. Here's how the Top 10 finished today's Stage 13 Time Trial.
The top 10 in stage 13 is:
1. Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ) AST - 54.0km in 1h06'34"610
2. Cadel Evans (AUS) PRL at 1'14"
3. Andreas Kloden (GER) AST at 1'39"
4. Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) AST at 1'44"
5. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) COF at 2'14"
6. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) DSC at 2'16"
7. Alberto Contador (ESP) DSC at 2'18"
8. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) COF at 2'38"
9. Levi Leipheimer (USA) DSC at 2'39"
10. Mikel Astarloza (ESP) EUS at 2'42"
Rasmussen finished at 00:02:55 which allows him to remain in yellow, but the leaderboard now has a whole host of new names at the top. And other smiling faces have dropped down the board a ways.
Here's the new top 50...
1 058 RASMUSSEN, Michael DEN RAB 58:46:39.000 00:00:00.000
2 041 EVANS, Cadel AUS PRL 58:47:39.000 00:01:00.000
3 112 CONTADOR, Alberto ESP DSC 58:49:10.000 00:02:31.000
4 196 KLÖDEN, Andréas GER AST 58:49:13.000 00:02:34.000
5 111 LEIPHEIMER, Levi USA DSC 58:50:16.000 00:03:37.000
6 195 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ AST 58:51:02.000 00:04:23.000
7 031 SASTRE, Carlos ESP CSC 58:51:24.000 00:04:45.000
8 073 ASTARLOZA, Mikel ESP EUS 58:51:46.000 00:05:07.000
9 191 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre KAZ AST 58:51:49.000 00:05:10.000
10 027 KIRCHEN, Kim LUX TMO 58:52:08.000 00:05:29.000
11 018 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP GCE 58:52:27.000 00:05:48.000
12 207 MAYO, Iban ESP SDV 58:52:27.000 00:05:48.000
13 025 GERDEMANN, Linus GER TMO 58:53:38.000 00:06:59.000
14 011 PEREIRO SIO, Oscar ESP GCE 58:53:43.000 00:07:04.000
15 118 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR DSC 58:54:16.000 00:07:37.000
16 051 MENCHOV, Denis RUS RAB 58:54:24.000 00:07:45.000
17 036 SCHLECK, Frank LUX CSC 58:54:28.000 00:07:49.000
18 071 ZUBELDIA, Haimar ESP EUS 58:54:57.000 00:08:18.000
19 015 KARPETS, Vladimir RUS GCE 58:55:52.000 00:09:13.000
20 218 SIUTSOU, Kanstantsin BLR BAR 58:57:04.000 00:10:25.000
21 044 HORNER, Christopher USA PRL 58:57:16.000 00:10:37.000
22 219 SOLER HERNANDEZ, Juan Mauricio COL BAR 58:57:29.000 00:10:50.000
23 061 MOREAU, Christophe FRA A2R 58:59:48.000 00:13:09.000
24 204 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose ESP SDV 59:00:02.000 00:13:23.000
25 088 VALJAVEC, Tadej SLO LAM 59:00:20.000 00:13:41.000
26 174 GARATE, Juan Manuel ESP QSI 59:00:25.000 00:13:46.000
27 012 ARROYO, David ESP GCE 59:01:59.000 00:15:20.000
28 014 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan ESP GCE 59:02:00.000 00:15:21.000
29 153 BELTRAN, Manuel ESP LIQ 59:02:26.000 00:15:47.000
30 113 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS DSC 59:02:29.000 00:15:50.000
31 038 VOIGT, Jens GER CSC 59:06:00.000 00:19:21.000
32 093 FOTHEN, Markus GER GST 59:06:21.000 00:19:42.000
33 141 CHAVANEL, Sylvain FRA COF 59:06:34.000 00:19:55.000
34 052 BOOGERD, Michael NED RAB 59:07:33.000 00:20:54.000
35 114 HINCAPIE, George USA DSC 59:13:50.000 00:27:11.000
36 078 TXURRUKA, Amets ESP EUS 59:14:04.000 00:27:25.000
37 109 LE MEVEL, Christophe FRA C.A 59:14:32.000 00:27:53.000
38 106 FOFONOV, Dmitriy KAZ C.A 59:17:12.000 00:30:33.000
39 172 BARREDO, Carlos ESP QSI 59:18:16.000 00:31:37.000
40 054 DEKKER, Thomas NED RAB 59:19:40.000 00:33:01.000
41 089 VILA ERRANDONEA, Patxi ESP LAM 59:20:11.000 00:33:32.000
42 103 BOTCHAROV, Alexandre RUS C.A 59:22:00.000 00:35:21.000
43 177 TANKINK, Bram NED QSI 59:24:13.000 00:37:34.000
44 068 GOUBERT, Stephane FRA A2R 59:25:23.000 00:38:44.000
45 043 CIONI, Dario ITA PRL 59:25:23.000 00:38:44.000
46 037 VANDEVELDE, Christian USA CSC 59:26:00.000 00:39:21.000
47 193 IGLINSKIY, Maxim KAZ AST 59:26:51.000 00:40:12.000
48 069 TURPIN, Ludovic FRA A2R 59:27:21.000 00:40:42.000
49 107 HALGAND, Patrice FRA C.A 59:29:22.000 00:42:43.000
50 179 VASSEUR, Cédric FRA QSI 59:31:33.000 00:44:54.000
The top 10 in stage 13 is:
1. Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ) AST - 54.0km in 1h06'34"610
2. Cadel Evans (AUS) PRL at 1'14"
3. Andreas Kloden (GER) AST at 1'39"
4. Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) AST at 1'44"
5. Bradley Wiggins (GBR) COF at 2'14"
6. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) DSC at 2'16"
7. Alberto Contador (ESP) DSC at 2'18"
8. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) COF at 2'38"
9. Levi Leipheimer (USA) DSC at 2'39"
10. Mikel Astarloza (ESP) EUS at 2'42"
Rasmussen finished at 00:02:55 which allows him to remain in yellow, but the leaderboard now has a whole host of new names at the top. And other smiling faces have dropped down the board a ways.
Here's the new top 50...
1 058 RASMUSSEN, Michael DEN RAB 58:46:39.000 00:00:00.000
2 041 EVANS, Cadel AUS PRL 58:47:39.000 00:01:00.000
3 112 CONTADOR, Alberto ESP DSC 58:49:10.000 00:02:31.000
4 196 KLÖDEN, Andréas GER AST 58:49:13.000 00:02:34.000
5 111 LEIPHEIMER, Levi USA DSC 58:50:16.000 00:03:37.000
6 195 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ AST 58:51:02.000 00:04:23.000
7 031 SASTRE, Carlos ESP CSC 58:51:24.000 00:04:45.000
8 073 ASTARLOZA, Mikel ESP EUS 58:51:46.000 00:05:07.000
9 191 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre KAZ AST 58:51:49.000 00:05:10.000
10 027 KIRCHEN, Kim LUX TMO 58:52:08.000 00:05:29.000
11 018 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP GCE 58:52:27.000 00:05:48.000
12 207 MAYO, Iban ESP SDV 58:52:27.000 00:05:48.000
13 025 GERDEMANN, Linus GER TMO 58:53:38.000 00:06:59.000
14 011 PEREIRO SIO, Oscar ESP GCE 58:53:43.000 00:07:04.000
15 118 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR DSC 58:54:16.000 00:07:37.000
16 051 MENCHOV, Denis RUS RAB 58:54:24.000 00:07:45.000
17 036 SCHLECK, Frank LUX CSC 58:54:28.000 00:07:49.000
18 071 ZUBELDIA, Haimar ESP EUS 58:54:57.000 00:08:18.000
19 015 KARPETS, Vladimir RUS GCE 58:55:52.000 00:09:13.000
20 218 SIUTSOU, Kanstantsin BLR BAR 58:57:04.000 00:10:25.000
21 044 HORNER, Christopher USA PRL 58:57:16.000 00:10:37.000
22 219 SOLER HERNANDEZ, Juan Mauricio COL BAR 58:57:29.000 00:10:50.000
23 061 MOREAU, Christophe FRA A2R 58:59:48.000 00:13:09.000
24 204 COBO ACEBO, Juan Jose ESP SDV 59:00:02.000 00:13:23.000
25 088 VALJAVEC, Tadej SLO LAM 59:00:20.000 00:13:41.000
26 174 GARATE, Juan Manuel ESP QSI 59:00:25.000 00:13:46.000
27 012 ARROYO, David ESP GCE 59:01:59.000 00:15:20.000
28 014 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan ESP GCE 59:02:00.000 00:15:21.000
29 153 BELTRAN, Manuel ESP LIQ 59:02:26.000 00:15:47.000
30 113 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS DSC 59:02:29.000 00:15:50.000
31 038 VOIGT, Jens GER CSC 59:06:00.000 00:19:21.000
32 093 FOTHEN, Markus GER GST 59:06:21.000 00:19:42.000
33 141 CHAVANEL, Sylvain FRA COF 59:06:34.000 00:19:55.000
34 052 BOOGERD, Michael NED RAB 59:07:33.000 00:20:54.000
35 114 HINCAPIE, George USA DSC 59:13:50.000 00:27:11.000
36 078 TXURRUKA, Amets ESP EUS 59:14:04.000 00:27:25.000
37 109 LE MEVEL, Christophe FRA C.A 59:14:32.000 00:27:53.000
38 106 FOFONOV, Dmitriy KAZ C.A 59:17:12.000 00:30:33.000
39 172 BARREDO, Carlos ESP QSI 59:18:16.000 00:31:37.000
40 054 DEKKER, Thomas NED RAB 59:19:40.000 00:33:01.000
41 089 VILA ERRANDONEA, Patxi ESP LAM 59:20:11.000 00:33:32.000
42 103 BOTCHAROV, Alexandre RUS C.A 59:22:00.000 00:35:21.000
43 177 TANKINK, Bram NED QSI 59:24:13.000 00:37:34.000
44 068 GOUBERT, Stephane FRA A2R 59:25:23.000 00:38:44.000
45 043 CIONI, Dario ITA PRL 59:25:23.000 00:38:44.000
46 037 VANDEVELDE, Christian USA CSC 59:26:00.000 00:39:21.000
47 193 IGLINSKIY, Maxim KAZ AST 59:26:51.000 00:40:12.000
48 069 TURPIN, Ludovic FRA A2R 59:27:21.000 00:40:42.000
49 107 HALGAND, Patrice FRA C.A 59:29:22.000 00:42:43.000
50 179 VASSEUR, Cédric FRA QSI 59:31:33.000 00:44:54.000
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