I was bitterly disappointed to see Alexandre Vinokourov thrown out of this year's Tour de France for blood doping.
He is one of the pre-race favourites, but a heavy crash early on seriously dented his hope of winning the race. And after a dismal day in the Alps, he fell outside the top 20 in the standings.
Undaunted, he bounced back and won the individual time trial in astonishing fashion, annihilating the rest of the field by minutes. Two days later, he won again on a solo breakaway in the Pyrenees.
I always like Vino, for his unbreakable spirits and being a good leader. I can never forget how grateful Antonio Colom was when Vino gifted him the victory in Stage 5 of this year's Dauphine Libere, when the pair worked so hard to escape from the rest of the field.
Sadly, Vino decided to take the risk, one which not only gets him expelled, but also his team, which was leading the team classification, also kicked out of the Tour.
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