Summary
ALEXANDRE VINOKOUROV was sacked by his Astana team today for failing a drugs test on the Tour de France. The pre-race favourite had been kicked out of this year's event after testing positive for blood doping following his victory in a time trial in Albi on 21 July.
Although the Kazakh rider denies doping, Astana said today: "We have received confirmation that Alexander Vinokourov's B sample was 'non negative'.See the full content of this document
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Scandal-Hit Tour's New Blow As Team Axe Vino
Consequently he has been sacked by Astana with immediate effect." Vinokourov's dismissal comes less than 24 hours after the scandal hit-Tour came to its conclusion in Paris.
Cristian Moreni and Patrik Sinkewitz also failed tests while one- ti...See the full content of this document
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