Injured Alexandre Vinokourov abandoned Tour de France
12:29, 11 July 2011
ASTANA. July 11. KAZINFIORM Kazakh rider Alexandre Vinokourov of Pro Team Astana got injured during stage nine of the Tour de France from Issoire to Saint-Flour and forced to leave the race.
Vinokourov went over a barrier and plummeted a few metres down a slope and into a tree, breaking his femur. He was taken to hospital along with Van den Broeck, Omega Pharma-Lotto's Frederick Willems.