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News swept through the media Wednesday that Belgian prosecutors have decided that Astana team manager 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alexander Vinokourov and Katusha rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alexandr Kolobnev must 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:stand trial on corruption charges, according to an initial report on Sky Sports News. Astana sent a statement to Cyclingnews that Vin♋okourov's lawyer Jean-Louis Lodomez is "negatively surprised" by such reports in the press.

The statement read that, "Mr Vinokurov's lawyer, Jean-Louis Lodomez, is negatively s🌠urprised by comments made in the media attributed to the Public Prosecutor and the Investigating Judge."

The Belgian courts hav🎃e been investigating the two riders since last year, on allegations that Vinokourov bought his 2010 Liege-Bastogne-Liege victory off of his breakaway companion Kolobnev for €100,000. A court in Liege picked up the case in 2014, and have been looking into two payments of €50,000 from Vinokourov to Kolobnev, and a third payment from the Kazakhstan Cycling Federation into Vinokourov’s bank account.

Both riders have denied buying or selling the race, however if found guilty, Vinokoᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚurov, who is now manager of the Astana team, and Kolobnev, a rider for Katusha, could face anywhere between six months and three years in prison and a fine of €300,000-€600,000.

Astana provided an in-depth explanation to the situation in a full statement to Cyclingnews, which noted that the Court Chamber has not yet decided on whether their is enough evidence t𝓰o bring the case to court.

"The Court chamber of the Liege criminal Court had to decide on this September 11th on the questions to know if the investigation made by the Public Prosecutor and the Investigating Judge may be considered as completed or not, if they are sufficient elements in order to refer the case before a Criminal Court called to decide on the merits or if the charges needed to be dropped for lack of evidence.