Famous last words?

The former T-Mobile rider, who signed with Liberty before the season, says he's proud to be wearing his national colours on the Tour de France, after solliciting the Kazakh prime minister (who's also president of his country's cycling federation) for help.

"I'll be there in Strasbourg on July 1st, and today there's no reason that we should be barred. This case concerns Manolo, the police, and the justice system of his country. I wouldn't understand why the Tour de France would deprive itself of me." Vinokourov in Eurosport