2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2010_Liège–Bastogne–Liège_poster.jpg April 25 1 258 km 6h 37' 48" Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2010 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS KAT 2010 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2010 2010 UCI World Ranking 12 of 26 2009 2011 260 The 2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège monument classic cycling race took place on April 25, 2010. This race was won by Alexander Vinokourov after slipping into a breakaway with Alexandr Kolobnev. Vinokourov attacked on the last hill with under 500m to go to take the victory.John MacLeary https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/7632018/Liege-Bastogne-Liege-2010-Alexandre-Vinokourov-back-on-summit-with-Belgian-win.html Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2010: Alexander Vinokourov back on summit with Belgian win 2010-04-25 The Daily Telegraph 2010-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20100430060333/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/7632018/Liege-Bastogne-Liege-2010-Alexandre-Vinokourov-back-on-summit-with-Belgian-win.html 30 April 2010 live Alejandro Valverde, the winner in 2006 and 2008, finished third in the race, but was stripped of the result as a result of a doping suspension applied on May 31, 2010.Valverde suspended for two years world-wide, keeps results | Cyclingnews Results All riders from third place onwards promoted by one place following the retroactive suspension of Alejandro Valverde http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/redirect/uci.asp?Page=result&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20513&CompetitionCodeInv=1&EditionID=575590&SeasonID=478&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=575591&GenderID=1&ClassID=1&Phase1ID=-1&Detail=1&DerivedEventPhaseID=-1&Ranking=0 https://archive.today/20120915104859/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/redirect/uci.asp?Page=result&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20513&CompetitionCodeInv=1&EditionID=575590&SeasonID=478&EventID=10635&EventPhaseID=575591&GenderID=1&ClassID=1&Phase1ID=-1&Detail=1&DerivedEventPhaseID=-1&Ranking=0 dead 2012-09-15 Union Cycliste Internationale Liège–Bastogne–Liège Results 2010-04-25 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2010 6h 37' 48" 2 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS KAT 2010 + 6" 3 Philippe Gilbert BEL OLO 2010 + 1' 04" 4 Cadel Evans AUS BMC 2010 + 1' 04" 5 Andy Schleck LUX SAX 2010 + 1' 07" 6 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2010 + 1' 07" 7 Chris Horner USA RSH 2010 + 1' 07" 8 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2010 + 1' 07" 9 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2010 + 1' 07" 10 Thomas Voeckler FRA BBO 2010 + 1' 18" 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.http://www.illustre.ch/cyclisme-corruption-triche-Liege-Bastogne-Liege-Alexandre-Vinokourov-Alexandr-Kolobney_135723_.html Cyclisme et corruption: Le prix de la victoire 2011-12-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120107211631/http://www.illustre.ch/cyclisme-corruption-triche-Liege-Bastogne-Liege-Alexandre-Vinokourov-Alexandr-Kolobney_135723_.html 2012-01-07 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".Emails between Vinokourov and Kolobnev published | Cyclingnews On December 7, Vinokourov announced legal action against l'Illustre for an "invasion of privacy", and threatened further litigation against "anyone who infringes on [his] integrity".Yahoo UK & Ireland – Sports News | Live Scores | Results 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.UCI acts in Vinokourov bribe allegations | Cycling Weekly Both riders were later charged with bribery by Belgian authorities.http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/08/news/vinokourov-kolobnev-charged-bribery_341862 Vinokourov and Kolobnev charged with bribery VeloNews.com 2014-09-16 2016-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20161016053317/http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/08/news/vinokourov-kolobnev-charged-bribery_341862 dead References External links http://www.letour.fr/indexLBL_us.html Category:Liège–Bastogne–Liège Liege-bastogne-liege, 2010 Liege