Vino to come back? Oh pleeeeease no

Well, he was a very popular rider for his attacking style, and he certainly would wish to come back and end things on a better note... but... surely not? Blood doper one day, retired the next. A potential 2-year ban left in limbo... just one year served. And he's how old? 35? Well if Armstrong can do it...

Alexander Vinokourov is planning to return to the peloton in 2009. "I think I have my place at Astana," he said in an interview with the Belgian TV show Sportweekend, to be broadcast Sunday evening. The Kazakh rider this summer finished a one-year suspension for blood doping, after testing positive at the Tour de France 2007.

Or can he?