MILAN (AP) — An Italian newspaper has printed e-mails and details of bank transfers that allegedly demonstrate how Alexandre Vinokourov paid off breakaway companion Alexandr Kolobnev to win the 2010 Liege-Bastogne-Liege cycling classic.
Having obtained access to legal documents from prosecutors in Padua investigating doping, Corriere della Sera reports that Vinokourov allegedly paid Kolobnev nearly $200,000 to win the prestigious single-day race.
Corriere printed alleged e-mails from the pair where they exchanged banking information, adding that Swiss authorities provided details of the bank transfers.
The victory was Vinokourov’s biggest after returning from a two-year suspension for blood doping at the 2007 Tour de France.
