The 2010

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Cycling monument, Monuments'' of the Eur ...

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took place on April 25, 2010. This race was won by

Alexander Vinokourov Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokourov ( Kazakh and Russian: ; born 16 September 1973) is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer and the current general manager of UCI WorldTeam . He is of Russian origin. As a competitor, his achieveme ...

after slipping into a breakaway with

Alexandr Kolobnev Alexandr Vasilievich Kolobnev (; born 4 May 1981) is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer. His major victories include winning the 2007 Monte Paschi Eroica, a stage of the 2007 Paris–Nice and he is a two-time winner of the Russi ...

. Vinokourov attacked on the last hill with under 500m to go to take the victory.

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, the winner in

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, finished third in the race, but was stripped of the result as a result of a doping suspension applied on May 31, 2010.

Results

All riders from third place onwards promoted by one place following the retroactive suspension of

Controversy

On December 6, 2011, Swiss magazine '' l'Illustre'' published an email correspondence between the winner and runner-up that suggests Vinokourov paid Kolobnev €100,000 not to contest the final sprint. While Kolobnev has not commented on the allegations, Vinokourov has denied them, claiming that the payment was part of his "private life", and that he "makes payments left and right" but "never offered to buy the win from Kolobnev". On December 7, Vinokourov announced legal action against ''l'Illustre'' for an "invasion of privacy", and threatened further litigation against "anyone who infringes on isintegrity". On December 8, the UCI, whose rules specifically ban "collusion or behavior likely to falsify or go against the interests of the competition", announced it would investigate the incident. Both riders were later charged with bribery by Belgian authorities.

References

External links

* Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liege-bastogne-liege, 2010 Liege {{Belgium-sport-stub