A botrány a múlt héten pattant ki. Alexandre Vinokourov egy közleményben tudatta, hogy jogi lépéseket kíván tenni, amiért meghackelték az e-mail fiókját és a privát életével kapcsolatos információkat szivárogtattak ki.
Közben a svájci Illustre magazin szerint Vinokourov lefizette Alexander Kolobnevet, hogy engedje át neki a győzelmet a 2010-es Liege - Bastogne- Liege tavaszi egynapos klasszikuson. Erről a két versenyző közti elektronikus levelezés tanúskodik.
- Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2010-es videók itt!
- Az akkori (élő) szöveges közvetítés a blogon a versenyről itt és ilyen formában maradt fenn....
Alexandre Vinokourov a tegnapi nap folyamán a Facebookon tette közzé a véleményét a történetről, összekapcsolva ezt leendő politikusi karrierjével (Vinokourov szerepel a jelenlegi kazah kormánypárt választási listáján).
Vino ebben az üzenetben önmagát egy olyan sikeres sportembernek aposztrofálja, aki komoly nemzetközi elismerést vívott ki karrierje során. A karrierje azonban hamarosan véget ért, és egy másfajta veszi kezdetét. Az ilyen embernek, mint ő, mindig akadnak irigyei, és kénytelen-kelletlen, de a bulvársajtó is foglalkozni kezd velük. Tekinthető ez a siker árának, ráadásul az átlagember szemében csak az sikeres, akivel a bulvársajtó foglalkozik. Tudja jól, hogy az efféle cikkeket futószalagon gyártják, ugyanakkor akadhatnak újságírók akik kihasználva a híres emberek nevét, jól profitálhatnak.
Úgy véli, hogy efféle támadások, hazugságok, botrányos cikkek továbbra is előfordulhatnak. De nem fog megtorpanni miattuk. Megértését kéri minden kerékpárosnak, kerékpárrajongónak, személyes tisztelőnek, barátnak, stb, hogy hamis információkat tartalmazó cikkek is megjelennek róla.
Mentálisan felkészült a támadásokkal szemben, és az ügyvédje is készen áll.
Az eredeti üzenet itt olvasható...
Folytatás minden bizonnyal hamarosan!
(ez a bejegyzés a velonation.com információi, a témával foglalkozó cikkei alapján készült)
A Following on from his stated intent to take legal action against the Swiss magazine which last week claimed he reached a financial agreement with Alexandr Kolobnev to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Alexandre Vinokourov has used the social media Facebook to communicate a longer statement on the issue. The UCI has said that it will look into the matter if it receives evidence from the magazine, l’Illustré. In the meantime, the Astana leader has dismissed the allegations as a ‘put-up job’ by journalists trying to boost their careers by attacking a well-known person. He suggested he’s a target due to his position as future leader of the Astana team plus being a ‘candidate for deputy,’ the latter presumably a reference to his possible future political career. On November 26th the 38 year old rider was named by the ruling Nur Otan party as one of 127 candidates for the parliamentary elections on January 15th. He recently said that while he wanted to concentrate on his career, which is expected to continue until the London Olympics, that he could take up other roles after that. It is understood that an uptake of a parliamentary position could be deferred until a later point. “I've established myself as a successful athlete. I'm now an athlete with a worldwide reputation and recognition. But my career, as a professional racer, is coming to its end little by little,” he wrote. “And I'm already building my new career: I'm a candidate for deputy and the future leader of the ‘Astana Team.’ Vinokourov goes on to say that negative press comes with the territory, saying that ‘all famous and successful persons [sic]’ feature in what he refers to as ‘yellow’ articles. “All these scandalous articles about me are a put-up job, otherwise some tabloids or individual journalists want only make their "PR" using the name of a famous person,” he argued. “I think…that kind of lying, scandalous articles about me will continue to be. But they won't stop me. I'll go ahead and reach new heights. I would like my fans, the fans of cycling, my friends, colleagues and acquaintances to treat with understanding the various rumors and false articles about me. “I'm mentally prepared for any attacks and provocations from the part of the ill-wishers; and my lawyer are ready to repel them.” The 38 year old rider returned to racing in August 2009 after serving a two year suspension for a blood transfusion. His Liège-Bastogne-Liège win in 2010 was one of his first big successes after that sanction ended, and so it was of considerable importance to his comeback. While agreements have long been part of pro cycling, and have been acknowledged in some races such as when the race leader gifts a stage win to a breakaway companion or meritorious rival, he insists that no deal was made with Kolobnev. Such agreements are also banned under the UCI rules. That regulation is seldom enforced, but the publication of the l’Illustré article has forced the issue out into the open. What happens next depends on whether the magazine has proof of its claims, and how the UCI, plus Vinokourov and his lawyers, react to the article in question. Read more: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/10653/Vinokourov-pledges-to-reach-new-heights-despite-lying-scandalous-articles.aspx#ixzz1gXL1pDfw
