Olympic champion was accused of bribery of the Russian bike lover

The Olympic cycling champion Alexander Vinokurov from Kazakhstan was accused of buying a victory in the one-day Liezh-Baston-Laezh race from the Russian athlete Alexander Kolobnev in 2010.

Then both cyclists had advantages over the finish a minute, and Vinokurov eventually went around Kolobnev by 500 meters, having won the first victory after his disqualification for doping in 2007. And recently, electronic correspondence and details of banking transfers between two cyclists from which Kolobnev estimated his loss at 150 thousand euros were published.

The correspondence and details of the translations were published by the Italian newspaper La Corriere Della Sera , which confirmed the suspicions of the Swiss edition of L'Illustre,nominated in December 2011 . In a letter, Kolobnev reminds Vinokurov, as he lost to him in the race "out of respect and in connection with the situation" in which he ended up, and frankly hints at the expectation of gratitude. Vinokurov in response asked not to worry and promises to comply with the agreement

“You remember well that I had a good chance. Even my wife was disappointed with the fact that I finished the second. Waiting,” Kolobnev wrote the day after the race. The letter indicated the bank account of the rider.

“Hello, Kolobok. Sorry that you didn’t answer for a long time. Don’t worry, you acted correctly. I’ll do everything. You need to wait. I will wait for a pleasant sleep. Wine,” Vinokurov answered almost two weeks later.

It is alleged that Kolobnev received almost 150 thousand euros for a loss. Previously, the amount of 100 thousand euros appeared. The first translation of Kolobnev was completed in July (100 thousand euros), the second in December (50 thousand). Journalists transferred this information to the Belgian police and the International Union of cyclists (UCI), said Sports.ru .