Alexander Vinokourov

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alexander Vinokourov
Occupation	Racer
Date Of Birth	Sep 16, 1973(1973-09-16)
Age	51
Birthplace	Beskol
Country	Kazakhstan
Birth City	Almaty Region
Horoscope	Virgo

Alexander Vinokourov Biography

Alexander Vinokourov is one of the most popular and richest Racer who was born on September 16, 1973 in Beskol, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan.

After 3rd place in the time trial in the penultimate stage, losing time to only Armstrong and Ullrich, Vinokourov moved to 6th, trailing Levi Leipheimer in 5th by two seconds. The final stage, usually a formality, became a showdown between Vinokourov and Leipheimer. A sprint prime with time bonuses came at 75 km in Châteny-Malabry. Leipheimer and his Gerolsteiner team came to the front. Leipheimer needed to prevent Vinokourov from getting it. Gerolsteiner set a fast tempo to discourage Vinokourov. But 1.5 km from the sprint, Vinokourov attacked. Soon only Leipheimer could hold his wheel, but he was not able to pass and so Vinokourov gained six seconds, Leipheimer four. Leipheimer was ahead only by a fraction of a second. When they reached Paris officials stopped the clock due to dangerous conditions (the cobblestone road was wet and slippery from rain), and the final sprint prime was cancelled.

Vinokourov began cycling in 1984 as an 11-year-old, competing within the former Soviet Union. He moved to France in 1997 to finish his amateur career, and then turned professional there in 1998. After almost a decade as a professional, Vinokourov was caught blood doping during the 2007 Tour de France, which triggered the withdrawal of the entire Astana team from that year’s race. After a 2-year suspension from competition, he returned to cycling in August 2009, riding first for the national team of Kazakhstan and then for his beloved Astana. A serious crash during the 2011 Tour de France threatened to prematurely end Vinokourov’s career for a second time, but he announced he would continue for one more season in 2012 – with an eye towards competing in the Olympic Games in London. There, Vinokourov played the role of ultimate spoiler when he dramatically won the gold medal in the men’s road race after breaking-away in the closing miles with Colombian Rigoberto Urán.

Alexander Vinokourov Net Worth

Alexander Vinokourov is one of the richest Racer from Kazakhstan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alexander Vinokourov 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokourov (Kazakh: Александр Николаевич Винокуров ; born 16 September 1973) is a Kazakh former professional road bicycle racer and current general manager of UCI ProTeam Astana. As a competitor, his achievements include two bronze medals at the World Championships, four stage wins in the Tour de France, four in the Vuelta a España plus the overall title in 2006, two Liège–Bastogne–Liège monuments, one Amstel Gold Race, and most recently, the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics Men’s Road Race. Vinokourov is a past national champion of Kazakhstan, and a dual-medalist at the Summer Olympics. In 2007, he received a two-year ban from cycling for blood doping. In 2019, he was accused of race fixing by prosecutors in Liège.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Alexander Vinokourov height 1.76 m Alexis weight 69 kg & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Alexander Vinokourov Dating?

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Vinokourov won six races in 1998, his first year as a professional, including the Four Days of Dunkirk, the Tour de l’Oise, and stages in both the Tour of Poland and Circuit des Mines. In early 1999, he won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana stage race, and three months later took two stages of the Midi Libre. Vinokourov also won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, beating the American Jonathan Vaughters along the way. (He lost the yellow jersey to Vaughters after the Mont Ventoux time trial but regained it on the following mountain stage.)

Facts & Trivia

Alexis Ranked on the list of most popular Racer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kazakhstan. Alexander Vinokourov celebrates birthday on September 16 of every year.

In 2000, Vinokourov joined Team Telekom. He won the combination competition in Paris–Nice and finished third in the Critérium International. He came 15th in the Tour de France after working for captain Jan Ullrich. His first win for the German team was stage 18 in the Vuelta a España, in which he caught the two riders in the breakaway and sprinted past Roberto Laiseka and Vicente Garcia Acosta in the last 300 metres. He came second several weeks later in the Olympic Games behind Ullrich and in front of another Telekom teammate, Andreas Kloden.