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Alexandre Vinokourov 1st victory in Vuelta al Pais Vasco

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Published on Wednesday, 06 April 2011 19:04

Written by Luca Salvatelli

Today, the third stage of the Tour du Pays Basque, with a road of 180km between Villatuerta and Zuia - Murgia

5km from the finish, the Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov launches a powerful attack on the final descent. He finds himself alone in the lead and creates a gap of 12 seconds on the bunch, nobody can catch him, so he crossed the finish line victorious, 8 seconds before the pack.

This is the first victory of Alexander for the 2011 season "It's a great victory for me, it's my first victory here at the Tour of the Basque Country and it's also my first win of the season. It was the second victory of the season for the team, we all work a lot, so I'm glad we are rewarded. "

Today was a stage marked by the heat, "Yes, it was very warm today, but it does not bother me, I even prefer it! "

Alexandre Vinokourov is now set 10 seconds behind Joaquim Rodriguez, overall leader "Here I am focussed day after day, there is also tomorrow's stage that will be difficult. I don’t aim for a podium, it's very hard and there are strong competitors such as Andreas Kloden".

The Kazakh leader seems he recovered his good condition, like last year at the same period, just before the Ardennes Classics "I feel my condition improve day by day I feel better and better, the legs are there. It gives me confidence before the Classics coming and to arrive in good shape for the Tour this year. "