ASTANA SAYS NO RETURN TO TEAM FOR VINOKOUROV

Astana spokesman Filipp Maertens has told the Belgian press that ?Johan Bruyneel would prefer to die before signing Alexandre Vinokourov.?

Maertens dramatic comments came after it was revealed by cyclingweekly.co.uk that Vinokourov might be considering a return to racing after his one-year ban for blood doping runs out this July.

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