It's perhaps logical that Alexander Vinokourov is currently best-known as the team manager of Astana Qazaqstan, given he has now held that role, barring a brief intermission in 2021, for over a decade.
But in his time as a pro, the 49-year-old Kazakh hit the headlines himself for good reasons, as his country’s first ever Grand Tour winner, Monument champion, and Olympic gold medallist, but also because of a positive test for blood doping in 2007.
