VINO'S TOUR CHANCES IN DOUBT AFTER CRASH

Alexandre Vinokourov 2007

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Alexandre Vinokourov discovered the hard way that he and his Astana team have few friends in the Tour de France peloton, when nobody waited for him after a late crash during stage five meant he lost 1-20 to his overall rivals.

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