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Aleksandr Vinokurov is a Kazakh professional who has been a top all-arounder in the professional peloton. He won the Vuelta à España and in his career has won four stages at the Vuelta and three at the Tour de France.

Born in the former USSR, after being educated in a sports school in the Kazakh capital, Almaty, Vinokourov's move to France as an amateur.

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In he graduated from the University of Cambridge (UK), where during his studies was the president of Russian society.

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Vinokurov’s first major win was at Dauphiné-Libéré in He followed this with a silver medal at the Olympics in the road race. His other major wins included Paris-Nice in , the Tour de Suisse and Amstel Gold Race in , and Liège-Bastogne-Liège in Vinokurov was not able to ride at the Tour because five of his teammates were implicated in the Operación Puerto scandal, although Vino was not.

But at the Tour, after winning stages 13 and 15, he was found to have a positive for blood doping and was removed before the start of stage 16, eventually facing a two-year ban from the peloton. He announced his retirement at the end of , but did come back to racing in