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Snapshot: Vinokourov’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège Specialized bike

VeloNews European correspondent Andrew Hood snaps some pix of Alexander Vinokourov's flashy new Specialized.

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Fresh from winning the Giro del Trentino, Astana’s Alexander Vinokourov will debut a new Specialized rig in Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège — and give his Kazakh squad another card to play in the finale.

VeloNews European correspondent Andrew Hood snapped a few pix of the bike in advance of the big day. Permission to drool is hereby granted.

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Vino’s bike sports a golden-eagle motif.
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More gold at the rear end, along with a SRAM Red drivetrain.
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The custom paint job features Vino’s name in Cyrillic script.
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Astana mechanic Faustino Munoz built the bikes Friday evening in Liège. He said it takes him about 45 minutes to completely build the bike “when no one’s around to bother me.”
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This is the view VIno’ likes the competition to have.
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Another look at the eagle motif. Kazakhs often hunt with eagles, and so Vino’s bike is in keeping with tradition.

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