Talk:Alexander Vinokourov

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[edit] Vino leaving T-Mobile

Vino has announced he will be leaving T-Mobile, but I'm not sure what should be done about his page. It looks like the paragraph written about the 2005 Tour was posted before his announcement, so maybe the speculation about his role in the T-Mobile team should be scrapped? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by T-mccool (talk • contribs) 15:38, July 24, 2005.

Does anyone know why his jersey and helmet weren't pink like the rest of team T-Mobile this past Tour de France? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.90.42.62 (talk) 04:46, July 26, 2005

National champions are allowed to wear the colors of their national championship during the Tour, which Vino chose to do on all stages except the TTs, presumably because he only had a T-Mobile pink TT aerodynamic uniform --Serge 05:30, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
Only current national time trial champions are allowed to wear their nations colours at the time trial events. This works the other way around too, as only the road racing winners are allowed the national tricot on the normal stages. Poulsen 09:29, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
Oh! Makes sense. Thanks for clarifying that! --Serge 16:25, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

I am a very big fan of AV but this page reads like a campaign website to elect Vino to be the next president! Does not seem to have the impartiality, or objectivity, that one would expect from an encyclodpedia entry. Also the extremely detailed portion (2005 Tour de France) of Vino's last couple of days on a single day, in a single race, in a single season, in his entire career seems a tad bit too.... wordy. Too much info for a brief. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.132.116.33 (talk) 06:31, December 9, 2006

[edit] What is an "A" test?

Maybe someone could add a link to an article about an "A" test. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mathchem271828 (talk • contribs) 00:52, July 26, 2007.

then they could also do a link to the "B" test. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.233.88.228 (talk) 05:35, July 26, 2007

After a brief attempt, I cannot find an article re this, but in brief, when an athlete submits a sample, it is broken into 2 parts. A first test is done, this is the A sample. If this test comes up negative, that is supposed to be the end of it. However, if the A sample test positive, the athlete can request that the 2nd or B sample be tested. If this test comes up negative, then the matter is dropped. This is to protect the athlete against false positive. Wschart 12:46, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Due to his injuries"

"Due to his injuries, Vino lost time in the Alps" - This is speculation. Although he did crash severly, he did well on stages before and after losing time in the Alps. I think this should be removed, or qualified as "Vino lost time in the Alps, likely do to his injuries" etc. --Rewguy 15:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Or better, "He lost time in the Alps, which Vinokourov attributed to xyz (citation)". I'll have a look around to see if he mentioned this in any interviews. SeveroTC 16:06, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] B-test

It is now confirmed by AFP that the b-test was positive as well. MartinDK 18:56, 28 July 2007 (UTC)


Where is he now? Is he retired? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.41.177.8 (talk) 21:29, 17 September 2007 (UTC)