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Astana Manager Alexander Vinokourov pranks team riders under disguise, also reveals new Limar helmet
Alexander Vinokourov, the controversial 2012 Olympic road race champ and current Astana Manager, gave his team a surprise when he blitzed them all up the side of a testing climb disguised as an old man, before revealing the prank at the top.
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We see Vinokourov donning a silver wig and moustache before waiting for the riders and matching them all the way up, showing them the boss has still got it. One thing that's a bit less obvious is Vino's choice of headwear, and that, we're told, is a prototype of Limar's new aero road helmet.
The new lid looks markedly different to Limar's current 007 Superlight aero road helmet, which resembles a stubby TT lid of sorts. There is more prominent venting and to us, the shape looks like a hybrid of Scott's Cadence and Lazer's new Bullet. Limar's UK brand manager tells us it matched Kask's new Ultimo helmet as worn by Team Sky for speed in the wind tunnel. Further details are TBC.
Vinokourov won the Vuelta in 2006 and road race Olympic gold in 2012, before his retirement later that year. He served a two year suspension for blood doping in 2007, and is currently facing trial for corruption over an alleged case of race fixing.
Update: Astana pro rider Moreno Moser has now posted a photo of himself wearing the new helmet in team colours on Instagram
Arriving at road.cc in 2017 via 220 Triathlon Magazine, Jack dipped his toe in most jobs on the site and over at eBikeTips before being named the new editor of road.cc in 2020, much to his surprise. His cycling life began during his students days, when he cobbled together a few hundred quid off the back of a hard winter selling hats (long story) and bought his first road bike - a Trek 1.1 that was quickly relegated to winter steed, before it was sadly pinched a few years later. Creatively replacing it with a Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bike around local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive his preferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story.
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- bigwheeler88 1 min 49 sec ago
I hope he rots in prison just like how his brain is rotten from cannabis addiction. But knowing the prison system here he'll come out ready to deal...
- Matthew Acton-Varian 24 min 37 sec ago
That sounds about right, Quest are a Discovery Group channel and they had EFL highlights a few years ago.
- Bigfoz 29 min 44 sec ago
I checked a bike fit for a friend who bought a bike on Ride to Work, via Halfords. Was shocked to note after 1 short ride the brake blocks were all...
- BalladOfStruth 1 hour 21 min ago
There's a difference between a "pedestrian walkway" and "a space that a pedestrian can physically fit through". This is the latter, and is intended...
- Surreyrider 1 hour 33 min ago
Don't know exactly where the footage was shot but if it's close to Surbiton High, it's not Surrey Police's area.
- andystow 1 hour 37 min ago
Have you taught them the two most important signals for expressing your dissatisfaction with someone's driving?
- HLaB 1 hour 51 min ago
I'm no court system legal expert but I suspect it may be means tested against his income. Hopefully £80 is a significant amount to him
- kil0ran 2 hours 44 min ago
Fascinating, thanks. It was interesting in TCL this year how Matt Richardson was throwing up after every sprint whereas Lavreysen looked fresh as a...
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You just know they have to laugh or else they're off the team. Crazy Vino....
How would they test the new kask helmet that's not out yet ?
Not a great Vino fan-for obvious reasons-but that was quite funny
good fun, but am I right in thinking by the time of the "great reveal" he is on a team bike rather than the plain one he had been riding