LONDON (AP) — Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan won the gold medal Saturday in the men’s cycling road race at the London Olympics after a two-man sprint to the finish.
Vinokourov, who served a two-year doping suspension after twice testing positive for banned blood transfusions during the 2007 Tour de France, broke away from the leading group about 10 kilometers from the finish of the 250-kilometer race with Rigoberto Uran of Colombia.
Vinokourov then accelerated with 300 meters to go to leave Uran in his wake.
Uran took silver and Alexander Kristoff of Norway got the bronze.
Vinokourov said earlier this year that he would end his career after London.
His triumph dashed Mark Cavendish’s hopes of adding the Olympic title to the gold medal he won at the world championships last year. The British team tried to control the race but could not prevent the final breakaway, and Cavendish finished in the main bunch.
