Astana Women's Team
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Astana Women's Team is a professional women's cycling team based in Kazakhstan, which is scheduled to compete in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup in 2015.[1][2]
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Team history
2014
Riders in
On November 28, Marzhan Baitlevova, Yekaterina Yuraitis, Makhabbat Umutzanova, Natalya Sokovnina and Aliya Kargaliyena signed with the team. On November 30, Natalya Saitfutdinova and Faina Potapova signed with the team. On December 2, the team signed Jessenia Meneses and Ingrid Drexel. On December 6, the team signed Aizhan Zhaparova, Larisa Pankova and Kseniya Dobrynina. On December 12 Marika Campagnaro joined the team. On December 18 Milda Jankauskaite, Olena Demidova and Carolina Rodriguez joined the team.[3] On 24 December, Hanna Solovey signed for the team.[4]
2015
In June, Astana-Acca Due O fired Hanna Solovey citing “unprofessional behaviour”. This was disputed, with the Ukrainian Cycling Federation, claiming she was fired for refusing to take up Kazakhstani citizenship ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympics.[5]
Team roster
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National Champions
- 2015
- 20px Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova
- 20px Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis
- 20px Mexico Time Trial, Ingril Drexel
- 2016
- 20px Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova
- 20px Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis
- 20px Russia Time Trial, Tatiana Antoshina
- 20px Kazakhstan Track (Scratch Race), Nadezhda Geneleva
- 20px Kazakhstan Track (Points Race), Makhabbat Umutzhanova
References
Template:UCI Women's Teams
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