Factfile on Alexandre Vinokourov

China Daily | Updated: 2007-07-26 06:57

Date of birth: September 16, 1973

Place of birth: Petropavlosk, Kazakhstan

Nationality: Kazakh

Height: 177cm

Weight: 68kg

Teams: Casino (1998-1999), Telekom (2000-2003), T-Mobile (2004-2005), Liberty Seguros (2006), Astana (since 2006)

Tour de France record

Appearances: 6

Overall standings: 3rd (2003), 5th (2005)

Stage wins: 5 (1 in 2003, 2 in 2005, 2 in 2007) likely to be stripped of the two wins in this year's race as he tested positive in the first of the victories

Tour of Spain

Overall standing : 1st (2006)

4 stage wins (1 in 2000, 3 in 2006)

2007 Season

Dauphine Libere Criterium (2 stage wins)

Classics (World Cup)

Liege-Bastogne-Liege (2005), Amstel Gold Race (2003)

Olympic Games

Road race: 2nd (2000)

World championships

Time-trial : 3rd (2006)

Other Race Wins

Tour of Castilla and Leon (2006), Liege-Bastogne-Liege (2005), Regio-Tour (2004), Amstel Gold Race (2003), Tour of Switzerland (2003), Paris-Nice (2002, 2003), Tour of Germany (2001), "Dauphine Libere" Criterium (1999), Tour of Valence (1999), Four days of Dunkirk (1998), Circuit of the Mines (1998), Tour of l'Oise (1998)

(China Daily 07/26/2007 page24)