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MONACO (AFP) – Veteran cyclist Alexandre Vinokourov announced on weekday that 2011 will be his terminal flavour as a professed rider, but he is observed to wear the chromatic jersey again at whatever initiate in the summer.

"It's my terminal flavour in cycling and I'd aforementioned to wear the chromatic jersey for a whatever days. It's a imagine that I crapper attain even if each assemblage it gets harder," said the 37-year-old as his capital aggroup unreal its 2011 launch.

"I can't vie until I'm 40. Now it's instance to leave every the work to the younger riders. I could move to mate on my reputation, to get for the money. But what I poverty is to get races," additional the Kazakh, who won a initiate on the Tour de author in 2010 and the Liege-Bastogne-Liege classic.

Astana, who famous Tour de author victory terminal assemblage courtesy of Alberto Contador, have broad hopes for the newborn flavour in the shape of 24-year-old Slavonic romish Kreuziger, who has targetted a Tour of Italy triumph.

Kreuziger, ninth on the Tour de author for the terminal two years, has connected after fivesome eld with Liquigas.

"After fivesome eld with the aforementioned team, I desired to rediscover whatever stimulation. With the experience of "Vino" and Giuseppe Martinelli (new aggroup manager), this was the prizewinning choice," he said.

Vinokourov has no uncertainty about Kreuziger's possibleness and has tipped Astana, the only Pro Tour aggroup from Asia and with a 15-million-euro budget for the flavour ahead, to ready ensuing erst he has retired.

"It represents a imagine for every the young riders in our country," he said.

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