Vino to take over Astana

Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana-Wurth)

Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana-Wurth) (Image credit: AFP)

Alexandre Vinokourov, who some describe as 'collateral damage' of the Operación Puerto affair at the Tour de France, is not giving up. Speaking to L'Equipe, the 32 year-old said that he had plans to "take over the team [of Manolo Saiz] completely on the long run. This is going to be our team," Vinokourov said, meaning that he wanted to make it a Kazakh outfit altogether.

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