Astana’s Alexander Vinokourov wins the 28th Chrono des Nations in decisive fashion

• Results

Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) and Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli won their respective events at the 28th Chrono des Nations on Sunday in Les Herbiers, France.

Vinokourov covered the 48.7km men’s course in 1:00:09, 1:07 ahead of French time trial champion Jean-Christophe Péraud (Creusot Cyclisme). Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r) finished third at 1:12.

It was Vinokourov’s second win of the season and his first for Astana. His victory in the time trial of the Tour de l’Ain came as he rode for a Kazakh national team.

“When I passed Philippe Gilbert, who started two minutes earlier than me, I knew that I would have a superb finish time,” said Vinokourov. “I really wanted to end the season with a victory for Astana to show my gratitude to the sponsors of the team who made my comeback possible.”

Vinokourov said he planned to take some time off to visit his family in Kazakhstan and talk with some sponsors.

Longo-Ciprelli won the 20.87km women’s race in 28:52.69. Denmark’s Trine Schmidt was second at 33 seconds slower with Julia Shaw of Great Britain third at 1:15.

Results

28th Chrono des Nations
Men

• 1. Alexandre Vinokourov Astana, 48.7km in 1:00:09 (47.9kph)
• 2. Jean-Christophe Peraud, Creusot Cyclisme, at 1:07
• 3. Yuriy Krivtsov, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 1:12
• 4. Maxime Monfort, Columbia-HTC, at 1:42
• 5. Florian Morizot, Besson Chaussures-Sojasun, at 2:13
• 6. David Le Lay, Agritubel, at 2:23
• 7. Philippe Gilbert, Silence-Lotto, at 2:34
• 8. Andriy Grivko, ISD-Neri, at 3:01
• 9. Julien Fouchard, Cofidis, at 3:12
• 10. Thomas Voeckler, Bbox Bouygues Telecom, at 3:14

Women

• 1. Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (FRA), 20.87km in 28:52.69 (43.379 kph)
• 2. Trine Schmidt (DEN), at 0:33
• 3. Julia Shaw (GB), at 1:15
• 4. Melodie Lesueur (FRA), at 1:16
• 5. Edwige Pitel (FRA), at 1:41

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