Alexandre Vinokourov is not welcome at the Beach Challenge race in Scheveningen, Netherlands, after all. After it was announced earlier this week that the suspended Kazakh rider would participate in the mountain bike race, race organiser Frank Boelé has cancelled his appearance.
Boelé said that he made no judgement on Vinokourov's suspension for blood doping, "but his presence brings us a lot of sensationalist attention. We won't put up with this," he told telesport.nl, after indicating that Vinokourov had been invited "behind his back".
