Giro 2010 – Vino wore the Pink jersey during five days

For his first participation in the Giro d’Italia, The Kazakh leader had the great honor to lead the overall ranking of the race during 5 days. He won for the first time the pink jersey on the 3rd Stage in Middleburg  (Nederlands) while “This scenarion wasn’t planned” said Alexandre, “The team did a great job, it’s really fantastic!”. Then he kept this overall lead one day, and grabbed a second time this first position on the stage 7, ending by the impressive climb of Montalcino, in really bad weather condition and while he couldn’t see anything during  the last 20 kilometers.

While he was wearing the pink jersey, Alexandre Vinokourov has been “really impressed by the atmosphere here at the Giro. This is the first time I run for this race and I had often heard about it. It's amazing all that passion around the riders and the pink jersey. There is a respect for this jersey that you can’t imagine when you have never wore it. I’ve had this chance for a few days to live these great moments of my career. For sure, Italy is a land of bicycles, with many stories about champions. I hope that on my turn I’ll leave a small trace of my passage. With the pink jersey but also the way I run. The tifosi love it, I realize  it every day on the edge of the road. I didn’t think I could be as proud to wear the pink jersey. I feel a lot of responsibility on my shoulders".