Wow, this guy is something else. I used to have tonnes­ of respect for him because of how much a fighter he is,­ now I realize he's just a goof and it makes sense­ when Ulrech (doper) and Kloden (another ex T-mobile­ rider, mmm.....interesting he's still riding­ "clean") kept pulling him back a few years­ back.

Has I know a litlle bit of Johaal Bruyneel, the only­ coment he will make afterwards is that Vino is not­ welcome, and if they just hapen to want to choose­ between a Sports director that Was a part of 8 TDF­ wins, ( not mentioning the rest ) on a rider whos­ testostero is probably in his body ( you can see by the­ agressiveness and arrogance LOL !) I dont see that­ happen !!!
You have the Livestrong Team with all the­ riders and Astana with Vino with Kazack riders try to­ find a way to find some product that would pass the­ controls, so he can ride into glory and into oblivious­ once and for all ( Cheaters dont get recalled !) . So­ Vino go ahead and try...

Some of these comments are funny! When they talk about­ a rider who thinks the team revolves around them I­ thought they were talking about Armstrong not Vino.­

Undoubtedly this guy should be banned for life as he­ really disgraced himself and the tour in 07. However­ the same should apply to all cheats and until it does,­ Vino can make a comeback, he wasn't a bad bike­ rider after all, a cheat certainly - but also a very­ capable rider

Astana certainly isn't big enough­ for two egos the size of small planets so either Vino­ or Amstrong will have to go - my money is on Armstrong­ to be kicked out/leave as the Khazak government will­ look after their own.

So you want to wear the yellow jersey again Vino? The­ only chance you have is to buy a souvenir jersey from­ the TDF boutique along with a polka dot jersey & a­ green jersey. You can also get a musette & a water­ bottle & then you can pretend you are a top cyclist­ again!
There`s no other way you`ll do it because ASO­ will not have you and therefore Astana will be barred­ from the 2010 race.
So Bruneel & Lance will after­ all have a new Livestrong/Trek team & take all the­ non Kazak guys with them.
You`re an arrogant thick­ arxxxhole

A new tean for Bruyneel and Armstrong - inevitable!­ What director could work with a rider who is openly­ prepared to undermine him and claims the team is his.­ People call Armstrong arrrogant! he is a saint next to­ Vino. Lets hope everything possible happens to make his­ comeback a failure and spells the end of Team Astana.

Vino is a penis

This is just a farce. They should introduce life bans­ for doping and crack down hard. It is the only way to­ deal with cheats like Vino etc.
Cyclecrank co uk

you think that Johan Bruyneel is happy having Astana as­ sponser? he was serieuselly thinking to end the­ contract with Astana even without your coming­ back.
sorry to say this..Alexander Vinokourov go F*k­ your self you wont erase history what you did was very­ bad for cyling you wont change that by coming back,­ As*hol

welcome back vino lol the russians were never famous­ for tact and thats fair enough, one thing is for sure­ if vino does come back i cant see the team staying the­ way it is it will haemorage all over the place and the­ result will be armstrong and bruyneel splintering off­ with the majority of the riders and leave the kazaks­ and vino mulling whether it was all such a good idea­ after all. vino is a one man show like him or not and­ is never going to be a team player so the whole team­ would have to be built round him cant see that­ happening with the present crop of astana riders.

jamesdalby3670, its about wot the people paying the­ money want and as that is kazak government its wot they­ want. i dont see them paying for the team without the­ kazak rider who the team was formed for. from some of­ the comments on here people dont realise there is­ cycling without lance

If Vino arrives on any team, the other top riders of­ the team will jump ship very fast, he's a liability­ until he calms down.

@everyone defending Bruyneel - Yeah, because­ there's no reason to doubt Bruyneel, of the­ ever-so-clean Manalo Saiz lead ONCE team, was clean. ­ Obviously, his riders follow his whiter than white­ lead.

Yeah, let's get rid of the druggies -­ let's start with Bruyneel, and Riis.

I agree with rory p, johan has done wonders for the­ sport and is without doubt one of the top managers to­ have moved cycling forward as a whole. all vino has­ done is push it back to the festina days of 98 and­ simply continued the 'bad' side of an amazing­ sport. all that my none cycling friends know of the­ sport is that of drugs thanks mostly to the media but­ if the riders didn't cheat then cycling could get­ on with progressing the amazing sport it is. i­ can't believe his arrogance! i remember him­ starting out and how strong he was, now all that memory­ is gone. i just see a cheat

If Vino comes back to Astana Johan will leave and form­ a new Team. Johan will take a majority of the current­ Team with him. The new Astana with Vino will either­ lose there pro Team license or not be invited to any­ major Tour races. In the end Team Astana will cease to­ exist due to Kazakh persistence to have Vino on the­ Team. Johan does not need this @#$% lets not forget­ Johan already missed 2008 Tour De France because of­ this cheating pile of ____.

Who on earth does this a*sehole think he is, he is a­ drug cheat, by rights he and the others should be­ banned for life.
And then to turn around and say, one­ of the greatest managers in cycling will have to leave­ the team, hell supprised the idiot did not threaten to­ stop the TDF.

Vivo has chance to be in the teame and he will be there­ !

Alliance, I'm sure it's not political, Vino did­ blood transfusions because two years ago it was­ believed that the authorities were unable to detect­ this form of cheating, but then instead of owning up to­ it like a man he took his whole team down with him. ­ Not as bad as that creep Landis who has cost world­ cycling millions of dollars in lawsuits but­ still...

And Veloboy, we are all fully aware that the­ team was around long before Contador & Lance, but­ the point is now Astana are the hot Tour favourite and­ those riders have made it so - it isn't about­ whether they can let Vino back in as much as whether­ they should.

Maybe he will ride in Astana team car behind Armstrong­ during the prologue :)) and Borat will sit right beside­ him :))

Vino should not be able to sign with a Pro­ Tour team for 4 years after his ban ends.

However, I­ am not sure when that rule came into play, so if he­ cheated just before that rule started to apply (which­ might be the case) then he can sign with Astana.­ Otherwise they would have to downgrade their Pro Tour­ license in order to sign him.