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{{Infobox cycling team
| name = Astana Pro Team
| image = [[File:Astana (cycling team) logo.svg|200px]]
| code = AST
| registered = [[Kazakhstan]]
| founded = {{start date|2007}}
| disbanded =
| bicycles = [[Argon 18]]
| components = [[Shimano/FSA]]
| website = http://astanaproteam.kz/
| generalmanager = [[Alexander Vinokourov]]
| teammanager = [[Serguei Yakovlev]] [[Gorazd Štangelj]] [[Stefano Zanini]] Dmitriy Sedoun [[Dmitriy Fofonov]] [[Alexandre Shefer]]
| discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| status = [[UCI WorldTeam]]
| season = 2007–
| oldname = Astana Pro Team
| kitimage = Astana Pro Team jersey.png
| current = 2017 Astana season
}}
'''Astana Pro Team''' ({{UCI code|AST}}) is a professional [[road bicycle racing]] [[cycling team|team]] sponsored by the [[Samruk-Kazyna]], a coalition of state-owned companies from [[Kazakhstan]] and named after its [[capital (political)|capital]] city [[Astana]]. Astana attained [[UCI ProTeam]] status in its inaugural year, 2007. Following a major doping scandal involving Kazakhstani rider [[Alexander Vinokourov]], team management was terminated and new management brought in for the 2008 season. The team was then managed by [[Johan Bruyneel]], former team manager of [[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|U.S. Postal/Discovery Channel]] team. Under Bruyneel the ethical nature of the team did not improve, although Astana in this period was very successful. With a lineup including Grand Tour winner [[Alberto Contador]], as well as runner-up [[Andreas Klöden]] the results were there, however the team was on the verge of financial collapse in May 2009. A battle for control of the team led to the return of Vinokourov for the [[2009 Vuelta a España]] caused Bruyneel and at least fourteen of its riders to leave at the end of the 2009 season, most for {{ct|RadioShack}}. Only four Spanish riders, including Contador, and most of the Kazakhs remained with the rebuilt team for 2010. Those four Spaniards all left the team for {{ct|SBS|2011}} in 2011.

==History==

===Demise of Liberty Seguros-Würth===
Astana first became involved in sponsoring cycling during the 2006 season. The Spanish [[Liberty Seguros-Würth team]] was heavily implicated in the [[Operación Puerto doping case]] and the sponsors [[Liberty Mutual]], and later Würth, withdrew their sponsorship of the team. Astana stepped in to sponsor the team, and during the second half of the season, Vinokourov won the [[2006 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] while riding for the renamed Team Astana, and his Kazakh teammate [[Andrey Kashechkin]] finished third.

===2007: Formation of the new team===
[[File:Vinokourov TDF2012.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Alexander Vinokourov - [[Vuelta a España|Vuelta]]-2006 winner]]
The new Astana management initially tried to buy the ProTour licence of the former Liberty Seguros-Würth team, held by [[Manolo Saiz]]. However, Saiz was reluctant to sell, so Astana applied for a licence in their own right. Initially, the new team was based in Switzerland under the holding company of Zeus Sarl and managed by former [[Tour de Suisse]] organiser [[Marc Biver]]. Vinokourov was the team's debut leader.

The [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] ProTour license commission first informed Astana that they would not be granted a ProTour License for the 2007 season. Following UCI's decision not to grant a ProTour license, the organizers of the three Grand Tours informed Astana Team that they would be included, regardless of ProTour license status. On 20 December 2006 the UCI License Commission relented and awarded Astana Team a 4-year ProTour license.

Other prominent new riders for the 2007 season included stage race specialists [[Andreas Klöden]], [[Paolo Savoldelli]] and [[Andrey Kashechkin]], as well as [[Matthias Kessler]], [[Grégory Rast]], [[Thomas Frei]] and Spanish climber [[Antonio Colom]].
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===2008===
[[File:Team Astana Auto.jpg|thumb|right|2008 team car]]
Riding under a [[Luxembourg]]ian license, the team also included other ex-Discovery Channel riders such as [[Tomas Vaitkus]], [[Sérgio Paulinho]], [[Chechu Rubiera]], [[Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)|Vladimir Gusev]] and [[Janez Brajkovic]], as well as American [[Chris Horner]].

[[File:Alberto Contador Tour 2010 team presentation.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Alberto Contador]]
The Astana team was not invited to the [[2008 Giro d'Italia]] based on failing to meet the criteria of ethics, quality, or internationality.<ref>{{cite web |author=Stephen Farrand |title=ASTANA AND HIGH ROAD NOT INVITED TO 2008 GIRO D’ITALIA |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/347805/astana-and-high-road-not-invited-to-2008-giro-d-italia.html |publisher=Cycling Weekly |date=February 1, 2008 |accessdate=July 11, 2009}}</ref> However, on 3 May, one week before the start of the race, Giro organizers chose to extend a last-minute invitation to Astana.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s-3-10-17106-1,00.html |title=Astana Will Race The Giro |author=AFP |publisher=''Bicycling'' |date=2008-05-04 |accessdate=2009-05-11 |authorlink=Agence France-Presse |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009225141/http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s-3-10-17106-1,00.html |archivedate=October 9, 2008 }}</ref> Astana was able to field a team despite the short notice, and on 1 June, Alberto Contador won the [[2008 Giro d'Italia|Giro]], finishing 11th on the final stage time trial to keep his pink jersey and take the overall victory. Contador also won the [[2008 Vuelta a España]], with teammate Levi Leipheimer finishing a close second. Thus, despite not competing in the Tour de France, Astana still won two Grand Tours in 2008 and achieved three podiums. Leipheimer also won a bronze medal in the time trial in the 2008 Olympics, just edging Contador, who finished fourth.

Among the other results achieved by the team were victories in several stage races: by Contador in the [[2008 Vuelta al País Vasco|Vuelta al País Vasco]] and the [[2008 Vuelta a Castilla y León|Vuelta a Castilla y León]], by Leipheimer in the [[2008 Tour of California|Tour of California]], by Klöden in the [[2008 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]] and by Russian [[Sergei Ivanov (cyclist)|Sergei Ivanov]] in the [[Tour de Wallonie]]. Various team members also achieved several other top-tier results, and Ivanov, Paulinho, Vaikus and two of the Kazakhs won their national championships.

Astana's strict anti-doping policy came to the forefront later in the year. On 28 July Astana fired [[Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)|Vladimir Gusev]] for showing "abnormal values" in an internal doping check. In a release from team director Johan Bruyneel it was indicated that although the results "do not indicate the use of banned substances, the team has therefore applied the contractual terms based on these physiological and biological abnormalities", dismissing Gusev "with immediate effect." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.velonews.com/article/80810/astana-sacks-gusev-over--abnormal-values--found-during|title=Astana sacks Gusev over 'abnormal values' found during internal checks - VeloNews.com|work=VeloNews.com}}</ref> On 17 June 2009, almost a year later, the Court of Arbitration in Sport ruled that Bruyneel's company, Olympus sarl, which held the rider contracts, had violated Swiss employment contract law by firing Gusev on the suspicion of doping without prior implementation of the special procedure provided under terms of the contract. The company was ordered to pay Gusev back wages, damages and legal costs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gusev-back-in-action-after-cas-decision|title=Gusev back in action after CAS decision| author=Jean-François Quénet| date=2009-06-17| publisher=cyclingnews.com | accessdate=2009-07-07| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090620060925/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gusev-back-in-action-after-cas-decision| archivedate= 20 June 2009 | deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Swiss International Arbitration Law Reports, 2007-2009 Vols. 1-3|date=Apr 1, 2012|publisher=uris Publishing, Inc|isbn=978-1-937518-04-2|pages=456–457|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgr7AwAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA456&lpg=RA1-PA456&dq=Vladimir+Gusev+CAS&source=bl&ots=zYWvAMsI3A&sig=mRS1ItZcezO0LNOTQZz50gbyYgY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIztP0tZnMAhUDbSYKHSE5BwYQ6AEIUjAO#v=onepage&q=Vladimir%20Gusev%20CAS&f=false|accessdate=19 April 2016}}</ref>

===2009: The return of Lance Armstrong===
[[File:Lance2009.jpg|thumb|left|[[Lance Armstrong]] [[Giro d'Italia]]]]
On 25 September 2008, it was confirmed that [[Lance Armstrong]] - at the time considered a seven-time Tour de France winner - would leave retirement to ride for the team in the 2009 season. Along with Armstrong, [[Yaroslav Popovych]], another former Discovery Channel rider, joined the ranks of Astana, which brought the number of former Discovery Channel riders on Astana to nine (Armstrong, Popovych, Contador, Leipheimer, Rubiera, Noval, Vaitkus, Paulinho and Brajkovič).

It was reported that Armstrong would share team leadership with current leader Contador, that he intended to participate in the [[Tour Down Under]], the [[Tour of California]], [[Paris–Nice]], the [[Tour de Georgia]], the [[Critérium du Dauphiné Liberé]] and the [[Tour de France]], and that he would receive no salary or bonuses, instead directing his attention to raising awareness for cancer research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavuelta.com/08/ingles/online/peli11.html?e=11 |title=Route Summary Stage 11 |quote=Astana team-manager Johan Bruyneel has admitted that he has spoken with Lance Armstrong and has stated that he can't see the North American riding for any team other than Astana. |accessdate=2008-09-12 |publisher=La Vuelta '08 |date=2008-09-10 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912224123/http://www.lavuelta.com/08/ingles/online/peli11.html?e=11 |archivedate=12 September 2008 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/news.htm?englishnews&20080925&56&525486|title=RTHK English News|work=rthk.org.hk}}</ref>

Along with Armstrong and Popovych, Astana also signed [[Jesús Hernández (cyclist)|Jesús Hernández]], who had joined the former [[Liberty Seguros]] team in 2004 when Alberto Contador was one of the riders there, and Basque rider [[Haimar Zubeldia]]. Contador expressed his support for the return of Vinokourov from his two-year doping suspension but seemed less enthusiastic about Armstrong's return.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=3649470|title=Astana's Contador cautious in welcoming Armstrong back from retirement|date=2008-10-17|author=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[ESPN]]|accessdate=2009-07-03}}</ref>

Armstrong was part of the team that participated in the season's first ProTour race, the [[2009 Tour Down Under]]. The team's first victory of the season was the 6th stage, followed by the general classification, of the [[Tour of California]] by [[Levi Leipheimer]]. In the same week, [[Alberto Contador]] won a stage and the classification of the [[Volta ao Algarve]], and subsequently two stages in the [[2009 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]] race.

Armstrong's participation in the Tour was cast into doubt in late March, after he suffered a [[clavicle fracture|broken collarbone]] in the [[2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León|Vuelta a Castilla y León]] that required surgical repair. However, Armstrong was able to recover in time to ride in the [[2009 Giro d'Italia]].

====Financial crisis====
[[File:Astana - Tour de Romandie 2009-2.jpg|thumb|left|Team time trial at the [[2009 Tour de Romandie]]]]
On 6 May 2009, Astana admitted that it had failed to pay its riders amid the financial crisis in Kazakhstan, but a team spokesman said that this was only a delay, that the team was not in danger of folding, and that the team would compete in the [[2009 Giro d'Italia]] as planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/may/06/lance-armstrong-cycling-astana|title=Lance Armstrong's Astana team fails to pay riders amid financial crisis|date=2009-05-06|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2009-05-06| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090509185437/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/may/06/lance-armstrong-cycling-astana| archivedate= 9 May 2009 | deadurl= no}}</ref> On 7 May Armstrong, riding for Astana on an unpaid basis, expressed his sympathy for employees waiting for their wages only days before the start of the Giro d'Italia.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8037598.stm|title=Armstrong ponders Astana takeover |date=2009-05-07|work=[[BBC Sport]]|accessdate=2009-05-07| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090508012355/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8037598.stm| archivedate= 8 May 2009 | deadurl= no}}</ref> He also said that if the financial crisis was not resolved, the team's license should be turned over to Bruyneel, which he said was the "most logical solution."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/08052009/58/armstrong-bruyneel-buy-astana.html|title=Armstrong: Bruyneel could buy Astana|date=2009-05-08|work=[[Eurosport]]|accessdate=2009-05-10}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

Organizationally, Astana had an unusual structure. Although the Kazakh team holds the UCI license and pays the salaries, the individual rider contracts and equipment leases are held by Bruyneel's Luxembourg-based Olympus SARL, so the team could continue with merely a license transfer. UCI President [[Pat McQuaid]] was planning a visit to Astana during the Giro to discuss the team's future.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/05/07/cycling.astana/|title=UCI monitoring Astana's financial situation|date=2009-05-07|work=[[CNN]]|accessdate=2009-05-10}}</ref> According to Armstrong: "I don't have any concrete answers but I suspect we can find some funding that would get us from June to the end of the year."<ref name="BBC" /> On 11 May, the UCI set a deadline for resolving Astana's financial situation of 31 May, the last day of the Giro. If the team had not met its financial obligations by that date, it would be suspended by the UCI. Bruyneel noted that at least the team would be able to finish the Giro under its current banner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trib.com/articles/2009/05/11/ap/sports/d9847sr80.txt |title=UCI gives Armstrong's Astana team May 31 deadline |date=2009-05-11|author=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[Casper Star-Tribune]]|accessdate=2009-05-11}}</ref>

During stage 7 of the Giro, eight of the nine Astana riders, including Armstrong, rode in jerseys with the non-paying sponsors' names nearly faded out in protest over the team's unpaid salaries and remained in such jerseys for the rest of the Giro. The only rider not to participate was [[Andrey Zeits]] from Kazakhstan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universalsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=23000&ATCLID=3738641|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523055616/http://www.universalsports.com:80/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=23000&ATCLID=3738641|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2009-05-23|title=Astana riders blank out sponsors' names in protest|date=2009-05-15|author=[[Reuters]]|publisher=[[Universal Sports]]|accessdate=2009-05-15}} </ref> According to Bruyneel, the names of paying sponsors, such as [[Trek Bicycle Corporation|Trek]] and [[KazMunayGas]], were not blanked out, and the team would continue to "race with these shirts until everything, emphasis on everything, is fixed", as "the riders have only received two months of salary in 2009."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.astana-cyclingteam.com/race_recaps/giro072009.html|title=Team Astana makes a statement|date=2009-05-15|publisher=Astana Cycling Team}}</ref> On 19 May, Bruyneel announced that the sponsors had paid part of the past-due wages since the start of the protest "but the major part is still missing."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/feedarticle/8516712|title=Astana owners cough up part of riders' owed wages|date=2009-05-20|author=[[Reuters]]|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=2009-05-20}}</ref> On 3 June the Astana team gave financial guarantees to cycling's governing body which would allow them to compete in the [[2009 Tour de France]] in July,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8082188.stm|title=Armstrong team to continue racing
|date=2009-06-03|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=2009-06-03| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090604025400/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8082188.stm| archivedate= 4 June 2009 | deadurl= no}}</ref> and later that month declared their financial problems to be resolved and the funds secure at least to the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-says-its-money-problems-are-over|title=Astana says its money problems are over|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref>

====Vinokourov versus Bruyneel====
[[File:Bruyneel 2009.jpg|right|150 px|thumb|Johan Bruyneel as the director of the Team Astana, 2009]]
During these financial problems, it was rumored that three of the former Discovery Channel riders on the team – team leader Contador and his domestiques Noval and Paulinho – would join [[Garmin-Slipstream]] for the Tour de France if Armstrong were to take over the Astana team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vaughters-downplays-contador-rumours|title=Vaughters downplays Contador rumors|date=2009-06-24|author=Shane Stokes|publisher=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2009-07-03| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090627101630/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vaughters-downplays-contador-rumours| archivedate= 27 June 2009 | deadurl= no}}</ref> These problems seemed to be resolved, at least for the remainder of 2009, when the team's funding was resolved. However, the funding battle may have been merely a skirmish related to the underlying issue: control of the Astana team after the expiration of the two-year doping suspension of Alexander Vinokourov on 24 July 2009.

On 2 July, Vinokourov stated that he would return to Astana, which he noted was "created for me and thanks to my efforts", when his suspension ended, and that he would ride for Astana in the 2009 [[Vuelta a España]]. He stated that he expected to reach agreement with Bruyneel about his return within the week, but that "if Bruyneel does not want me, it will be Bruyneel who is leaving the team."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/94137/vino--says-he-will-be-on-astana--or-heads-will-roll|title='Vino' says he will be on Astana ... or heads will roll|publisher=VeloNews.com|date=2009-07-02}}</ref> The next day, the French newspaper ''[[L'Equipe]]'' reported that the Kazakh Cycling Federation planned to fire Bruyneel, Armstrong, Leipheimer and many of the other riders and rebuild the team in the model of the old Liberty Seguros team, which was predominantly Spanish. The paper quoted the vice-president of the Kazakh federation as saying, "[Contador] will be our sole leader for years to come [and] will be able to pick out the riders he wants to ride with him. In our mind, the team will be composed of Spanish and Kazakh riders, including Alexander Vinokourov."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kazakh-coup-to-oust-armstrong-and-bruyneel-from-team-astana|title=Kazakh coup to oust Armstrong and Bruyneel from Team Astana?|date=2009-07-03|author=Susan Westemeyer|publisher=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2009-07-04}}</ref>

On 21 July, with Contador, Armstrong and Klöden holding three of the top four places in the Tour de France, Bruyneel told Belgian channel VRT that Astana as currently constituted was "finished" and that he would be leaving the team, as Vinokourov and the Kazakh federation had discussed, at the end of the season.<ref name="quit">{{cite web|url=http://tdf.sbs.com.au/tdf2009/news/article/15881/Bruyneel-says-it-s-time-to-quit-Astana |title=Bruyneel says it's time to quit Astana |date=2009-07-22 |publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]] |accessdate=2009-07-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725101424/http://tdf.sbs.com.au:80/tdf2009/news/article/15881/Bruyneel-says-it-s-time-to-quit-Astana |archivedate=2009-07-25 |df= }}</ref> Despite the comments by Vinokourov and the Kazakhstan federation, Bruyneel and Vinokourov did not reach an agreement regarding Vinokourov's return to Astana for 2009, and the team submitted a preliminary roster to the [[2009 Vuelta a España]] listing him only as a reserve.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/preliminary-vuelta-a-espana-startlist-announced |title=Preliminary Vuelta a España startlist announced |author=Richard Tyler |date=2009-08-14 |publisher=cyclingnews.com |accessdate=2009-08-18| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090830234222/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/preliminary-vuelta-a-espana-startlist-announced| archivedate= 30 August 2009 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Finally, on 24 August, Astana announced that an agreement had been reached between Vinokourov and Bruyneel and that Vinokourov would rejoin the team for the start of the Vuelta.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vinokourov-to-head-to-the-tour-of-spain-with-astana |title=Vinokourov to head to the Tour of Spain with Astana |author=cyclingnews.com |date=2009-08-24}}</ref> The next day, Armstrong announced that Bruyneel would take over [[Team RadioShack]] in 2010.<ref name="JBmove">{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aapVgx7rq1NI |title=Armstrong Says Bruyneel to Join New Team, Landis a Possibility |author=Fergal O'Brien |date=2009-08-25 |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg.com]]}}</ref>

===2010===
The immediate result of Vinokourov's return and Bruyneel's departure was a mass exodus from Astana. Although Bruyneel still had a year to run on his contract, Astana permitted his departure in return for him not blocking Vinokourov's return. Contador also had a year on his contract, and Astana refused to permit his departure. However, much of the rest of the team departed for RadioShack, including Armstrong, Klöden, Leipheimer, Zubeldia, Horner, Brajkovič, Popovych, Paulinho, Vaitkus, Rast, Rubiera and Muravyev (the only Kazakh to depart), which meant that eight of the nine members of the winning Astana team at the [[2009 Tour de France]] moved to RadioShack. Additionally, Schär and Morabito joined {{ct|BMC}}. All that remained of Astana was four Spanish riders (Contador, Noval, Navarro and Hernández) and the Kazakhs (except Muravyev). Subsequently, the team signed three more Spanish riders, including 2006 Tour champion [[Óscar Pereiro]],<ref>Associated Press, [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/dec/09/oscar-pereiro-agrees-deal-astana "Oscar Pereiro agrees deal to join Astana team for one year"], [[The Guardian]], Dec. 9, 2009. Retrieved 12-24-2009.</ref> to support Contador. Consistent with the July 2009 plan, the 2010 team included 12 Kazakhs and 7 Spaniards among its 26 riders.

===2013-2016: Nibali era===
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When Contador left the team after the 2010 season, the Spanish faction of the team declined, to be replaced by an Italian element; in 2011 and 2012, the team signed [[Enrico Gasparotto]], [[Mirco Lorenzetto]], [[Francesco Masciarelli]], [[Jacopo Guarnieri]], [[Francesco Gavazzi]], [[Simone Ponzi]], and [[Fabio Aru]], while in the same period of time [[David de la Fuente]], [[Daniel Navarro]], [[Jesús Hernández (cyclist)|Jesús Hernández]], [[Benjamín Noval]], [[Óscar Pereiro]], and [[Josep Jufré]] resigned, so that by the beginning of the 2012 season there were no Spanish riders of the team. In 2013, the team signed [[Valerio Agnoli]], [[Andrea Guardini]], [[Alessandro Vanotti]], and [[Vincenzo Nibali]], who immediately won [[Tirreno–Adriatico]] and the [[Giro d'Italia]]. Then Nibali wore the leader's jersey more than any other Italian in the history of the Vuelta (13 stages out of 21), but lost first place to American [[Chris Horner]] ([[RadioShack-Nissan]]). In 2014, Vincenzo Nibali won the [[Tour de France]] and became the sixth cyclist who have won the three Grand Tours. In August the team announced they had signed [[Lars Boom]] ({{ct|BEL}}), [[Luis León Sánchez]] ({{ct|CJR}}), [[Davide Malacarne]] ({{ct|EUC}}) & [[Diego Rosa (cyclist)|Diego Rosa]] ({{ct|AND}}) for the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/cycling-weeklys-2014-2015-transfer-index-132202|title=Professional cycling 2014-2015 Transfer Index|date=7 August 2014|work=Cycling Weekly}}</ref> On August 20, the team announced the signing of [[Rein Taaramäe]] ({{ct|COF}}) on a one-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/taaramae-signs-one-year-deal-with-astana|title=Taaramae signs one-year deal with Astana|author=Cycling News|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref> With the 2014 addition of [[Michele Scarponi]] and in 2015, [[Dario Cataldo]], the team at the beginning of the [[2015 Astana season|2015 season]], had a plurality Italian element, with 9 riders out of 25, and only 5 Kazakh riders remaining.

===Doping controversies===
The team recorded its first doping positive in April, 2007, when [[Matthias Kessler]] tested positive for [[testosterone (medication)|testosterone]] following a surprise control in [[Charleroi]] and later analysis of his B-sample.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-fires-kessler-after-positive-b-sample|title=Astana fires Kessler after positive B-sample|author=Shane Stokes|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref> Later in July, [[Eddy Mazzoleni]], left the team after allegations of doping usage. Mazzoleni, who had finished 3rd in the [[2007 Giro d'Italia]], was later suspended for two years for his alleged involvement in the [[Oil for Drugs]] doping case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jun07/jun30news|title=www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling|work=cyclingnews.com}}</ref> On the eve of the [[2007 Tour de France]], [[Alexander Vinokourov]] confirmed he had received coaching from controversial doctor [[Michele Ferrari]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jul07/jul06news3|title=www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling|work=cyclingnews.com}}</ref> The next positive doping result came from team-leader Vinokourov, after a positive result for [[blood doping]] (blood transfusion). As a result, ASO (the organisers of the [[Tour de France]] "invited" Team Astana's management to withdraw the entire team from the Tour de France; this invitation was immediately accepted.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6914301.stm|title=Cycling News |accessdate=2007-07-26 |publisher=BBC News | date=2007-07-24}}</ref> Following confirmation that Vinokourov's B-sample had also tested positive, the Astana Team announced that he had been sacked with immediate effect.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6922680.stm|title=Vinokourov fired by Astana team|accessdate=2007-07-30 |publisher=BBC News | date=2007-07-30}}</ref> On 1 August 2007, fellow Kazakh [[Andrey Kashechkin]] tested positive for homologous blood doping following an out-of-competition test in [[Belek]], [[Turkey]]. He was suspended and subsequently fired. This was followed by the termination of [[José Antonio Redondo]]'s contract after "failing to abide by team rules", making him the fifth rider of the team to leave during the 2007 season.

Following the doping problems of 2007, the sponsors of Astana replaced Biver with [[Johan Bruyneel]], the former [[directeur sportif]] of the defunct [[Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]. Bruyneel had the mandate to start afresh with the team, so he hired a number of former Discovery riders including [[2007 Tour de France]] winner [[Alberto Contador]] (who had ridden with Vinokourov on the old Liberty Seguros team) and third-place finisher [[Levi Leipheimer]]. Additionally, Bruyneel introduced the anti-doping system developed by Dr. [[Rasmus Damsgaard]], Head of Information for Anti Doping Danmark (ADD). The anti-doping system was initially used by [[Team CSC]] starting in 2007.<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news?slug=reu-astanabruyneel&prov=reuters&type=lgns Bruyneel to head new-look Astana team in 2008] – Cycling – Yahoo! Sports</ref> The link between the Discovery Channel team and Astana was strengthened when Bruyneel signed a contract with [[Trek Bicycle Corporation]] to supply the team with bicycles and components, as they had done with Discovery Channel. Bruyneel also affirmed sponsorship with [[SRAM (bicycles)|SRAM]], the component maker.

On 13 February 2008, the organisers of both the [[Giro d'Italia]] and Tour de France announced that Astana would be barred from their 2008 Grand Tours, due to the teams links to [[Operación Puerto doping case|Operación Puerto]] and involvement in the 2007 Tour doping scandals. This meant that Contador was unable to defend his Tour crown, because his contract did not have an "escape clause" that covered Astana's current situation.<ref name="2008 Tour ban">{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=cycling&id=3243633 |title=Tour de France organizers exclude Astana team; Alberto Contador may not defend title |author=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[ESPN.com]] |date=2008-02-13 |accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref> One week before the [[2008 Giro d'Italia]], the organisers went on to invite the team to the race,<ref name="autobus.cyclingnews.com">{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/may08/may05news|title=www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling|work=cyclingnews.com}}</ref> a race which [[Alberto Contador]] went on to win.<ref name="autobus.cyclingnews.com"/> In July, [[Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)|Vladimir Gusev]] was sacked by the team due to "irregular values" highlighted by the team's new, internal, anti-doping system.<ref>http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-sacks-gusev-for-irregular-values</ref>

In 2009, after returning from retirement, [[Lance Armstrong]] was accused by the French anti-doping agency of acting improperly by disappearing from the sight of the anti-doping investigator for 20 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/apr09/apr09news3|title=www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling|work=cyclingnews.com}}</ref> In June, [[Assan Bazayev]] was given a two-week internal suspension for not correctly reporting his whereabouts properly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-suspends-bazayev-over-whereabouts|title=Astana suspends Bazayev over whereabouts|author=Susan Westemeyer|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref>

In September 2010, [[Alberto Contador]] returned a positive doping test for [[Clenbuterol]] at the [[2010 Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-tests-positive-for-clenbuterol|title=Alberto Contador tests positive for clenbuterol|author=Cycling News|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref> After a two-year legal procedure, Contador is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France win (and 2011 Giro d'Italia victory).

In 2011, [[Roman Kreuziger]] finished 5th at the [[2011 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] as well as winning the best young rider classification. In 2014, the UCI began proceedings against him for biological passport anaomalies dated from 2011 and 2012 – the two years he spent at Astana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/astana-timeline-eight-years-of-shadows|title=Astana timeline: Eight years of shadows|author=Barry Ryan|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref>

In 2012, former Astana riders and staff including; Lance Armstrong, [[Johan Bruyneel]], [[Levi Leipheimer]], Dr. Pedro Celaya and Dr. Luis del Moral are heavily implicated in the mass doping scandal which surrounded the [[U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team|U.S. Postal /Discovery Channel]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/usadas-reasoned-decision-on-lance-armstrong-follows-the-money-trail|title=USADA's reasoned decision on Lance Armstrong follows the money trail|author=Laura Weislo|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref>

In September 2014, it emerged that [[Valentin Iglinskiy]] has returned a positive test for EPO <ref>http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/CleanSport/16/67/88/20141009ADRVProvisionalSuspensionEN_English.pdf</ref> at the [[2014 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]], he confessed to doping to the team and was immediately sacked,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valentin-iglinskiy-sacked-by-astana-after-positive-test|title=Valentin Iglinskiy sacked by Astana after positive test|author=Cycling News|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref> three weeks later Valentin's brother, [[Maxim Iglinskiy]] was provisionally suspended by the UCI for an EPO-positive on August 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/maxim-iglinskiy-provisionally-suspended-for-epo|title=Maxim Iglinskiy provisionally suspended for EPO|author=Cycling News|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref> It was later announced that Astana withdrew themselves from the [[2014 Tour of Beijing|Tour of Beijing]] per the [[Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible|MPCC]] rules, who state that a team with 2 positives in a short period of time must not participate in the next World Tour event.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-withdraws-from-tour-of-beijing-following-maxim-iglinskiy-positive|title=Astana withdraws from Tour of Beijing following Maxim Iglinskiy positive|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=6 October 2014|accessdate=7 October 2014}}</ref>

Subsequently, a sample taken at the [[Tour de l'Avenir]] in August from Ilya Davidenok, a rider with the [[Astana Continental Team]] and a [[Stagiaire (cycling)|stagiaire]] with the Astana Pro Team, tested positive for anabolic steroids. Davidenok was provisionally suspended, and a review into the team's licence was announced following the positive tests for Davidenok and the Iglinskiy brothers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/11168410/Astana-future-under-threat-after-Ilya-Davidenok-becomes-third-rider-to-fail-drugs-test.html |title=Astana future under threat after Ilya Davidenok becomes third rider to fail drugs test |last1=Cary |first1=Tom|date=16 October 2014 |website=[[telegraph.co.uk]] |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref>

===University of Lausanne independent audit===
On February 27, 2015, cycling's governing body, the UCI, requested that the team's WorldTour licence be withdrawn following an audit of its doping controls by the [[University of Lausanne|Institute of Sport Sciences]] in Lausanne. The UCI stated that the audit revealed a large difference between the team policies presented to the Licence Commission and reality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-requests-withdrawal-of-astanas-worldtour-licence|title=UCI requests withdrawal of Astana's WorldTour licence|author=Daniel Benson|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-talking-with-lawyers-after-uci-request-licence-withdrawal|title=Astana talking with lawyers after UCI request licence withdrawal|author=Sadhbh O'Shea|work=Cyclingnews.com}}</ref> On 23 April 2015, it was finally announced by the UCI that Astana would keep their license but would be under more scrutiny.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-to-keep-worldtour-licence|title=Astana to keep WorldTour licence|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=23 April 2015|accessdate=23 April 2015}}</ref>

==Team roster==
{{AST 2017 riders}}

==Major results==
{{Main article|List of Astana Pro Team wins}}

==National champions==
{{Palmares start}}
;2007
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Road Race [[Maxim Iglinsky]]
:[[File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG|20px]] Luxembourg Road Race [[Benoît Joachim]]
;2008
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Road Race [[Assan Bazayev]]
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Time Trial [[Andrey Mizourov]]
:[[File:MaillotRusia.PNG|20px]] Russia Road Race [[Serguei Ivanov]]
:[[File:MaillotRusia.PNG|20px]] Russia Time Trial [[Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)|Vladimir Gusev]]
:[[File:MaillotLituania.PNG|20px]] Lithuania Road Race [[Tomas Vaitkus]]
: [[File:MaillotPortugal.PNG|20px]] Portugal Time Trial [[Sérgio Paulinho]]
;2009
:[[File:MaillotEslovenia.PNG|20px]] Slovenia Time Trial [[Janez Brajkovič]]
:[[Image:MaillotEspaña.PNG|20px]] Spain Time Trial [[Alberto Contador]]
;2010
:[[File:MaillotEslovenia.PNG|20px]] Slovenia Road Race [[Gorazd Stangelj]]
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Road Race [[Maxim Gourov]]
;2011
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Road Race [[Andrey Mizourov]]
;2012
:[[File:MaillotEstonia.PNG|20px]] Estonia Road Race [[Tanel Kangert]]
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Road Race [[Assan Bazayev]]
:[[File:MaillotEslovenia.PNG|20px]] Slovenia Road Race [[Borut Božič]]
:[[File:MaillotUcrania.PNG|20px]] Ukraine Road Race [[Andriy Hryvko]]
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Time Trial [[Dmitriy Gruzdev]]
:[[File:MaillotUcrania.PNG|20px]] Ukraine Time Trial [[Andriy Hryvko]]
;2013
:[[File:MaillotEstonia.PNG|20px]] Estonia Time Trial [[Tanel Kangert]]
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Road Race [[Alexsandr Dyachenko]]
;2014
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Time Trial [[Daniil Fominykh]]
:[[File:MaillotItalia.svg|20px]] Italy Road Race [[Vincenzo Nibali]]
;2015
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Time Trial [[Alexey Lutsenko]]
:[[File:MaillotItalia.svg|20px]] Italy Road Race [[Vincenzo Nibali]]
;2016
:[[File:MaillotLetonia.PNG|20px]] Latvia Time Trial [[Gatis Smukulis]]
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Time Trial [[Dmitriy Gruzdev]]
:[[File:MaillotLetonia.PNG|20px]] Latvia Road Race [[Gatis Smukulis]]
{{Palmares end}}

==See also==
*[[List of Astana riders]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Team Astana}}
* {{Official website|http://astanaproteam.kz/}}

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Ulan (cycling team)

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{{Infobox cycling team
| name = Ulan
| image =
| caption =
| current =
| code = ULN
| registered = [[Kazakhstan]]
| founded = 2008
| disbanded = 2008
| discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| status = [[UCI Continental]]
| bicycles = [[Bottecchia]]
| components =
| website =
| generalmanager = Algirdas Vaitkus
| teammanager = Arturas Trumpauskas
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'''Ulan''' was a Kazakh [[UCI Continental]] [[cycling team]].

==Palmares==
;2008
:1st Stage 2 [[Tour du Loir-et-Cher]], [[Valentin Iglinskiy]]
:1st Stage 4 [[Five Rings of Moscow]], [[Simas Kondrotas]]
:1st Stages 3 & 6 [[Vuelta a Navarra]], [[Valentin Iglinskiy]]
:1st Stage 4 [[Dookoła Mazowsza]], [[Linas Balčiūnas]]

==References==
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Capec (cycling team)

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{{Infobox cycling team
| name = Capec
| image =
| caption =
| current =
| code = CAP
| registered = [[Kazakhstan]]
| founded = 2004
| disbanded = 2006
| discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| status = [[UCI Continental]]
| bicycles =
| components =
| website =
| generalmanager = Yakov Klebanov
| teammanager = Vladimir Remyga [[Vadim Kravchenko]]
| season = 2004–2006
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'''Capec''' was a Kazakh [[UCI Continental]] [[cycling team]].

==Main Victories==
;2004
:1st Overall [[Tour of Greece]], [[Assan Bazayev]]
;2005
:1st Overall [[Tour of China]], [[Andrey Mizourov]]
:1st Overall [[Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional]], [[Andrey Mizourov]]
;2006
:1st Overall [[Tour d'Egypte]], [[Ilya Chernyshov]]

==References==
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Alexey Lutsenko

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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Alexey Lutsenko
| image = Alexéi Lutsenko-Toscana 2013.jpg
| caption = Alexey Lutsenko during [[2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|2013 UCI Road World Championships time trial]]
| fullname = Alexey Alexandrovich Lutsenko
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|09|07}}
| birth_place = [[Petropavl]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = {{ct|AST}}
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2012
| proteam1 = [[Astana Continental Team]]
| proyears2 = 2013–
| proteam2 = {{ct|AST|2013}}
| majorwins = '''[[Stage races]]'''
:[[Tour of Hainan]] (2016)
'''[[Classic cycle races|Single-day races and Classics]]'''
:[[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (2015)
| medaltemplates =
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{{MedalSport| [[Road bicycle racing]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Road World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 UCI Road World Championships|2012 Valkenburg]]|[[UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race|Under-23 Road Race]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2014 Asian Games|2014 Incheon]]|[[Cycling at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's individual time trial|Time trial]]}}
| updated = 27 September 2014
}}
'''Alexey Lutsenko''' ({{lang-ru|Алексей Луценко}}; born 7 September 1992) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] road race cyclist who rides for the {{ct|AST}} team.

==Career==
In 2012 he won the [[2012 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Under-23 Road Race World Championship]].<ref>[http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/09/race-report/lutsenko-wins-2012-mens-u23-world-title-canadian-houle-fourth_239498 Lutsenko wins 2012 men’s U23 world title]</ref> At the [[2015 Tour de Suisse]], Lutsenko put in a sizzling attack after the penultimate climb of the day and it led him to victory on stage 8.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/06/news/road/lutsenko-takes-tour-de-suisse-stage-8-breakaway-victory_374646|title=Lutsenko takes breakaway victory in Tour de Suisse stage 8|work=[[VeloNews]]|publisher=[[Competitor Group, Inc.]]|date=20 June 2015|accessdate=20 June 2015|author=}}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{colbegin|2}}
;2010
: Asian Junior Championships
::1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Road race
::2nd [[File:Silver medal blank.svg|15px]] Time trial
;2011
: 9th ZLM Tour
;2012
: 1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] [[2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race|Road race]], [[2012 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Under–23 Championships]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
: 1st Stage 1b [[Tour de Bulgaria]]
: 1st Stage 5 [[Giro della Valle d'Aosta]]
: 2nd GP des Marbriers
: 5th [[Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie]]
;2014
: 1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Team time trial, [[Cycling at the 2014 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
: 1st [[Tour of Almaty]]
: 4th Overall [[2014 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]]
::1st Stage 5 ([[Individual Time Trial|ITT]])
;2015
: 1st [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] [[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 8 [[2015 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 1st [[Tour of Almaty]]
;2016
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour of Hainan]]
::1st Stage 8
: 1st Stage 5 [[2016 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]]
: 1st [[Tour of Almaty]]
: 3rd Overall [[2016 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]]
;2017
: 3rd [[2017 Dwars door Vlaanderen|Dwars door Vlaanderen]]
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===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

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! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
! scope="col" | 2015
! scope="col" | 2016
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2013 Tour de France|DNF]]
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2016 Tour de France|62]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2014 Vuelta a España|100]]
|—
|—
|}

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|+ Legend
|-
! scope="col" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did Not Finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{Cycling archives|61900}}
{{Astana riders}}

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Andrey Kashechkin

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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Andrey Kashechkin
| image = Andrey Kashechkin-IMG 1814-001.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Kashechkin in the [[2011 Tour de Romandie]]
| fullname = Andrey Kashechkin Андрей Кашечкин
| nickname = Kash
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|3|21}}
| birth_place = [[Kyzyl-Orda]], Soviet Union
| height = {{convert|1.84|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|72 |kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam =
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = All-rounder
| amateuryears1 =
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| proyears1 = 2001–2002
| proteam1 = Domo-Farm Frites
| proyears2 = 2003
| proteam2 = {{ct|QST|2003}}
| proyears3 = 2004–2005
| proteam3 = {{ct|C.A|2004}}
| proyears4 = 2006
| proteam4 = {{ct|ONC|2006a}}
| proyears5 = 2007
| proteam5 = {{ct|AST|2007}}
| proyears6 = 2010–2011
| proteam6 = {{ct|LAM|2010}}
| proyears7 = 2011–2013
| proteam7 = {{ct|AST|2011}}
| majorwins = Vuelta a España, 1 stage Paris-Nice, 1 stage
| updated = 1 January 2014
}}
'''Andrey Kashechkin''' ({{lang-kz|'''Андрей Кашечкин'''}}, born March 21, 1980) is a [[Kazakhstan]]i [[road racing cyclist]], who last rode for the [[UCI ProTour]] team {{ct|AST|2013}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-plans-to-cause-problems-for-sky-in-2014|first=Alasdair|last=Fotheringham|authorlink=Alasdair Fotheringham|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=5 November 2013|accessdate=1 January 2014|title=Astana plans to cause problems for Sky in 2014|quote=One rider who will not be part of the Astana roster - according to Martinelli - is Andrey Kashechkin.}}</ref>

==Biography==
Kashechkin was born in [[Kyzyl-Orda]], in the former [[Kazakh SSR|Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]].

After the junior World Championships at [[Valkenburg aan de Geul|Valkenburg]], Kashechkin moved to [[Belgium]], where he turned pro in 2001 with the [[Domo-Farm Frites]] team. In 2003, he moved to {{ct|QST|2003}}, and the following year to French squad {{ct|C.A|2004}}.

After two seasons in that team, Kashechkin joined {{ct|ONC|2006a}}, where he posted good results throughout the 2006 season.

Kashechkin was in 8th place in the overall classification after 15 stages of the [[2007 Tour de France]]. However, his Tour was ended when his {{ct|AST|2007}} team withdrew from the event after team leader [[Alexander Vinokourov]] tested positive for blood doping.

==Doping==
In August 2007, Kashechkin tested positive for blood doping after [[2007 Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Steve|title=Kashechkin tests positive for blood doping|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kashechkin-tests-positive-for-blood-doping|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=24 July 2013|date=August 9, 2007}}</ref> He was fired from Astana on August 31 after his B-sample also tested positive.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kashechkin is fired by Astana team|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/08/31/cycling.astana/index.html|publisher=CNN.com|accessdate=24 July 2013|date=31 August 2007}}</ref>

Kashechkin intended to return to pro cycling in the middle of 2009, but was unable to find a team. In June 2010, it was reported that Kashechkin was in negotiations with {{ct|LAM|2010}},<ref>http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/06/news/lampre-confirms-talks-with-kashechkin_121523</ref> and he later signed with them.<ref>http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kashechkin-signs-with-lampre-farnese-vini</ref> In the middle of the 2011 season, however, Lampre released him and he re-signed with Astana in order to ride the [[Vuelta a España]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kashechkin return to Astana in Vuelta pending|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kashechkin-return-to-astana-in-vuelta-pending|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=24 July 2013|date=6 August 2011}}</ref> He had some trouble again at Astana in 2012 and was sidelined after refusing to sign an ethical agreement, although eventually the team reinstated him once he complied.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kashechkin reinstated at Astana|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kashechkin-reinstated-at-astana|publisher=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=24 July 2013|date=31 December 2012}}</ref> Later, in the 2012 USADA Report into doping on the [[US Postal cycling team|US Postal]] team, affidavits revealed he and others went to training camps set up by Dr. Michelle Ferrari.

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{colbegin|2}}
;2001
:1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux]]
;2003
:1st Stage 2 [[Tour de Luxembourg]]
;2004
:1st Overall [[Sachsen Tour]]
:1st [[Grand Prix de Fourmies]]
:3rd [[Regio Tour International]]
;2005
:2nd, Young riders classification, [[2005 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
;2006
:{{KAZ}} [[2006 National Cycling Championships|National road race champion]]
:1st Stage 6 [[Paris-Nice 2006|Paris-Nice]]
:3rd Overall [[Vuelta a España 2006|Vuelta a España]]
::1st Stage 18
:3rd Overall [[Deutschland Tour 2006|Deutschland Tour]]
:3rd [[Clásica de San Sebastián 2006|Clásica de San Sebastián]]
;2007
:3rd Overall [[2007 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
:3rd Overall [[Dauphine Libere]]
;2009
:2nd Overall Drei Etappen Rundfahrt Frankfurt
:1st Stage 2
;2010
:1st ZLM Tour
:3rd Overall [[Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional]]
;2012
:1st Stage 4 [[Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional]]
:1st Stage 1 [[Giro della Valle d'Aosta]]
:1st Stage 2 [[Tour of Bulgaria]]
{{colend}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2002
! scope="col" | 2003
! scope="col" | 2004
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2005 Tour de France|19]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2007 Tour de France|DNF]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2012 Tour de France|78]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2013 Tour de France|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
| align="center" |[[2002 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
|—
|—
|—
| align="center" style="background:#ddddff;"|[[2006 Vuelta a España|'''3''']]
|—
|—
|—
| align="center" |[[2010 Vuelta a España|18]]
| align="center" |[[2011 Vuelta a España|89]]
| align="center" |[[2012 Vuelta a España|34]]
|—
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="col" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did Not Finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==See also==
*[[List of doping cases in cycling]]
*[[List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offenses]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Andrey Kashechkin}}
*{{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20060824131824/http://www.andreykashechkin.com:80/}}
*{{trapfriis|kazakhstan.Kashechkin.htm}}
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/6937634.stm Kashechkin tests positive for blood doping]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kashechkin, Andrey}}
[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Kyzylorda]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male cyclists]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:Doping cases in cycling]]
[[Category:Vuelta a España stage winners]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in cycling]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Tour de France cyclists]]
[[Category:Vuelta a España cyclists]]

Dmitriy Gruzdev

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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Dmitriy Gruzdev
| image = Dmitriy Gruzdev TA 2011.jpg
| caption = Gruzdev at the 2011 [[Tour de l'Ain]]
| fullname = Dmitriy Gruzdev
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|3|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = {{ct|AST}}
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| proyears1 = 2006
| proteam1 = Cycling Team Capec
| proyears2 = 2008
| proteam2 = Ulan
| proyears3 = 2011
| proteam3 = {{ct|AST|2011}} ''(stagiaire)''
| proyears4 = 2012–
| proteam4 = {{ct|AST|2012}}
| majorwins = '''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:[[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (2011, 2012, 2016)
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country|{{KAZ}}}}
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Cycling Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|2014 Astana|Individual time trial}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2011 Asian Cycling Championships|2011 Nakhon Ratchasima]]|Individual time trial}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2012 Asian Cycling Championships|2012 Kuala Lumpur]]|Individual time trial}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[2005 Asian Cycling Championships|2005 Ludhiana]]|Road race}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2014 Astana|Road race}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Cycling at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Cycling at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]]|[[Cycling at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]]}}
| updated = 22 February 2015
}}
'''Dmitriy Gruzdev''' (born 13 March 1986) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] professional [[road bicycle racer]] who rides for the {{ct|AST}} team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/10692/Vinokourov-to-lead-strong-Astana-team-at-the-Tour-de-Langkawi.aspx|first=Shane|last=Stokes|title=Vinokourov to lead strong Astana team at the Tour de Langkawi|date=20 December 2011|accessdate=17 January 2012|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC}}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{colbegin|2}}
;2005
: 3rd Road race, [[2005 Asian Cycling Championships|Asian Road Championships]]
;2006
: 1st [[File:Gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Team time trial, [[2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
;2007
: 2nd [[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
;2008
: 4th Overall [[Tour of Hainan]]
::1st Prologue
;2009
: 3rd [[Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
;2010
: 6th Road race, [[2010 Asian Cycling Championships|Asian Road Championships]]
;2011
: 1st [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] [[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 2nd Time trial, [[2011 Asian Cycling Championships|Asian Road Championships]]
: 2nd Overall [[Tour of Qinghai Lake]]
: 5th Road race, [[2011 Asian Cycling Championships|Asian Road Championships]]
;2012
: 1st [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] [[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Tour of Hainan]]
::1st Stage 7
: 2nd Time trial, [[2012 Asian Cycling Championships|Asian Road Championships]]
: 6th [[2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2012 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
;2013
: 7th [[Tour of Almaty]]
;2014
: [[Asian Cycling Championships|Asian Road Championships]]
::1st Time trial
::3rd Road race
;2016
: 1st [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] [[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 2 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2016 Vuelta a Burgos|Vuelta a Burgos]]
{{colend}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
! scope="col" | 2015
! scope="col" | 2016
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
|[[2013 Giro d'Italia|146]]
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|—
|[[2014 Tour de France|130]]
|[[2015 Tour de France|131]]
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
|—
|—
|—
|[[2016 Vuelta a España|119]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="col" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did Not Finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Dmitriy Gruzdev}}
*{{cycling archives|24483}}
*{{ProCyclingStats|140030}}

{{Astana riders}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gruzdev, Dmitriy}}
[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male cyclists]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in cycling]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Tour de France cyclists]]
[[Category:Giro d'Italia cyclists]]
[[Category:Vuelta a España cyclists]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games]]

{{Kazakhstan-cycling-bio-stub}}

Andrey Zeits

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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Andrey Zeits
| image = Andrey Zeits - Vuelta a España 2015.JPG
| caption = Zeits at the [[2015 Vuelta a España]]
| fullname = Andrey Zeits
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|12|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pavlodar]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakhstan]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height = {{height|m=1.78}}
| weight = {{convert|69|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = {{ct|AST}}
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2005
| proteam1 = Capec
| proyears2 = 2008–
| proteam2 = {{ct|AST|2008}}
| majorwins =
| updated = 9 June 2014
}}
'''Andrey Zeits''' (born 14 December 1986) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] [[road bicycle racer]] for [[UCI ProTour]] team {{ct|AST}}.
In 2009, Zeits rode the [[2009 Giro d'Italia]], the first [[Grand Tour (cycling)|grand tour]] of his career,<ref>[http://www.astana-cyclingteam.com/special_features/zeitsinterview.html ANDREY ZEITS: 'IF THEY ASK ME AGAIN, I WILL BE READY FOR IT']</ref> which he finished in 31st place.

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{colbegin|2}}
;2006
: 1st Stage 4 [[Giro della Valle d'Aosta]]
;2007
: 10th [[2007 UCI Road World Championships - Men's Under-23 Road Race|Road race]], [[2007 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Under–23 Championships]]
;2011
: 2nd Overall [[2011 Tour of Turkey|Tour of Turkey]]
;2012
: 8th Overall [[2012 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]]
;2013
: 1st Stage 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2013 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
;2014
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] Sprints classification [[Vuelta a Andalucía]]
: 3rd Overall [[Tour of Hainan]]
;2016
: 8th Overall [[2016 Tour de Pologne|Tour de Pologne]]
: 8th [[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|Road race]], [[2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
{{colend}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
! scope="col" | 2015
! scope="col" | 2016
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| align="center" |[[2009 Giro d'Italia|31]]
|—
|—
| align="center" |[[2012 Giro d'Italia|85]]
| align="center" |[[2013 Giro d'Italia|106]]
| align="center" |[[2014 Giro d'Italia|102]]
| align="center" |[[2015 Giro d'Italia|59]]
| align="center" |[[2016 Giro d'Italia|33]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|—
|—
| align="center" |[[2011 Tour de France|44]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
|—
| align="center" |[[2010 Vuelta a España|102]]
|—
| align="center" |[[2012 Vuelta a España|52]]
| align="center" |[[2013 Vuelta a España|81]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2014 Vuelta a España|50]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2016 Vuelta a España|31]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="col" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did Not Finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cycling archives|31982}}

{{Astana riders}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zeits, Andrey}}
[[Category:Kazakhstani male cyclists]]
[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Giro d'Italia cyclists]]
[[Category:Vuelta a España cyclists]]
[[Category:Tour de France cyclists]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists of Kazakhstan]]

{{Kazakhstan-cycling-bio-stub}}

Dimitry Muravyev

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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Dimitry Muravyev
| image = Dmitriy Muravyev-IMG 1633 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Muravyev at the [[2011 Tour de Romandie]]
| fullname = Dimitry Murajev Дмитрий Муравьёв
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|11|2}}
| birth_place = [[Kazakh SSR]], [[USSR]]
| height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2002
| proteam1 = {{ct|MAP|2002}}
| proyears2 = 2003
| proteam2 = {{ct|QST|2003}}
| proyears3 = 2004–2005
| proteam3 = {{ct|C.A|2004}}
| proyears4 = 2006
| proteam4 = {{ct|JAR|2006}}
| proyears5 = 2007–2009
| proteam5 = {{ct|AST|2007}}
| proyears6 = 2010–2011
| proteam6 = {{ct|RSH|2010}}
| proyears7 = 2012–2014
| proteam7 = {{ct|AST|2012}}
| majorwins = National Road Race Championships (2002)
| updated = 29 September 2016
}}
'''Dimitry Muravyev''' ({{lang-kz|Дмитрий Муравьёв}}, born 2 November 1979 in [[Kazakhstan]]) is a former professional [[road bicycle racer]] from [[Kazakhstan]]. He turned professional in 2002 and has ridden internationally since then, although his primary victories have been the Kazakhstan national road race (2002) and the Kazakhstan national time trial (three times, 2003–2005).

In 2007, he joined the newly formed Kazakh team {{ct|AST|2007}} on the [[UCI ProTour]], where he managed to place 8th in the [[2007 Tour of Flanders]] and was a member of the winning team in the [[2009 Tour de France]]. On 22 November 2009, it was reported that Muravyev had become one of the 12 members of Astana—and the only Kazakhstani—to rejoin former Astana team director [[Johan Bruyneel]] at {{ct|RSH|2010}}. Muravyev later rejoined {{ct|AST|2012}} for the 2012 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://astana.lu/news_x.php?ID_news=419|title="Pro Team Astana" signed Dmitriy Muravyev|date=8 August 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|work=astana.lu|publisher={{ct|AST|2012}}}}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{colbegin|2}}
;2002
:1st National Road Race Championships
;2003
:1st National Time Trial Championships
:1st Overall [[Ruban Granitier Breton]]
::1st Prologue, Stages 4 & 6
:1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra
::Tour de Pyrénées
:1st Stages 5 & 6
:2nd Overall [[Tour de Normandie]]
;2004
:1st National Time Trial Championships
;2005
:1st National Time Trial Championships
;2006
:2nd [[GP de Villers Cotterêts]]
;2007
:8th [[2007 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
;2009
:1st Stage 4 (TTT) [[2009 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
;2011
:2nd [[Route Adélie de Vitré]]
:7th Overall [[Three Days of De Panne]]
;2012
:2nd Druivenkoers - Overijse
{{colend}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2005 Giro d'Italia|92]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2007 Giro d'Italia|51]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2009 Tour de France|148]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2010 Tour de France|148]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2011 Tour de France|129]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2013 Tour de France|167]]
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2008 Vuelta a España|131]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="col" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did Not Finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|Dmitriy Muravyev}}
*[http://www.team-astana.eu/e/muravyev.php Team Astana profile]
*{{trapfriis|kazakhstan.Muravyev.htm}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muravyev, Dimitry}}
[[Category:Kazakhstani male cyclists]]
[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in cycling]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 1998 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Tour de France cyclists]]
[[Category:Vuelta a España cyclists]]
[[Category:Giro d'Italia cyclists]]

{{Kazakhstan-cycling-bio-stub}}

Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev

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{{use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
| image = Belœil - Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux, étape 3, 6 avril 2014, départ (059).JPG
| image_size =
| caption =
| fullname = Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|3|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Petropavl]]
| height = {{convert|1.72|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = {{ct|AST}}
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 = 2013–2014
| amateurteam1 = [[Astana Continental Team]]
| proyears1 = 2014
| proteam1 = {{ct|AST|2014}} (stagiaire)
| proyears2 = 2015–
| proteam2 = {{ct|AST|2015}}
| majorwins =
| medaltemplates =
| show-medals =
| updated = 2/20/15
}}
'''Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev''' (born March 28, 1992 in [[Petropavl]]) is a Kazakh cyclist riding for [[UCI ProTeam]] {{ct|AST}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=133240 | title=Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev » Astana Pro Team | accessdate=20 February 2015}}</ref> He was named in the start list for the [[2016 Giro d'Italia]].<ref name="2016Giro">{{Cite web|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Giro_Italia_2016_Startlist |title=99th Giro d'Italia Startlist |accessdate=6 May 2016 |work=Pro Cycling Stats}}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{colbegin|2}}
;2012
: 3rd Overall [[Tour d'Azerbaïdjan]]
;2013
: 3rd Overall [[Tour d'Azerbaïdjan]]
: 4th Overall [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
: 5th Overall [[Grand Prix Cycliste de Saguenay]]
;2014
: 2nd [[Tour Bohemia]]
;2016
: 1st Stage 1 ([[Team Time Trial|TTT]]) [[2016 Giro del Trentino|Giro del Trentino]]
{{colend}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2016
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2016 Giro d'Italia|65]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
|—
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="col" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did Not Finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Astana riders}}
{{Commons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kozhatayev, Bakhtiyar}}
[[Category:1992 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani male cyclists]]
[[Category:Giro d'Italia cyclists]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists of Kazakhstan]]

{{Kazakhstan-cycling-bio-stub}}

Valentin Iglinsky

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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Valentin Iglinsky
| image = Tour de l'Ain 2009 - étape 3b - Valentin Iglinskiy.jpg
| caption = Iglinsky at the 2009 [[Tour de l'Ain]]
| fullname = Valentin Iglinsky
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|5|12}}
| birth_place = [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| height =
| weight =
| currentteam = {{ct|AST}}
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2004–2006
| proteam1 = Capec
| proyears2 = 2008
| proteam2 = Ulan
| proyears3 = 2009–2012
| proteam3 = {{ct|AST|2009}}
| proyears4 = 2013
| proteam4 = {{ct|ALM|2013}}
| proyears5 = 2014
| proteam5 = {{ct|AST|2014}}
| majorwins =
| updated = 1 January 2014
}}
'''Valentin Iglinsky''' ({{lang-kz|Валентин Иглинский}}) (born 12 May 1984 in [[Astana]]) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] [[road racing cyclist]] who last rode for [[UCI ProTour]] team {{ct|AST|2014}}.<ref name="Astana">{{cite news|url=http://proteam-astana.com/en/news/2013-astana-pro-team-rider-news|title=2013 Astana Pro Team Rider Transfer News|date=16 October 2013|accessdate=9 December 2013|work={{ct|AST|2013}}|publisher=Abacanto SA}}</ref> He is the younger brother of [[Maxim Iglinsky]], who rode for the {{ct|AST|nolink=yes}} team.

==Career==
He had competed for {{ct|AST|2009}} between 2009 and 2012 before joining {{ct|ALM|2013}} in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13111/Bagdonas-and-Iglinskiy-boost-Ag2r-La-Mondiales-WorldTour-prospects.aspx|title=Bagdonas and Iglinskiy boost Ag2r La Mondiale’s WorldTour prospects|first=Shane|last=Stokes|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=20 October 2012|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>

Iglinsky returned to the {{ct|AST|2014|nolink=yes}} team in 2014.<ref name="Astana"/> On 10 September 2014, it was announced that Iglinsky had tested positive for [[erythropoietin|EPO]] at the [[2014 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]]. He was immediately fired by the {{ct|AST|2014}} management, who said Iglinsky acted independently of the team.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valentin-iglinskiy-sacked-by-astana-after-positive-test|title=Valentin Iglinskiy sacked by Astana after positive test|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=10 September 2014|accessdate=10 September 2014}}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{colbegin|2}}
;2004
:1st, Stage 6, [[Tour of Hainan]]
;2007
:2nd GP Stad Vilvoorde
:2nd Overall [[Tour of Japan]]
::1st, Stages 2 & 4
:3rd National Road Race Championships
:[[Tour de Bulgaria]]
::1st, Stages 1 & 2
;2008
:1st, Stage 2, Tour du Loir-Et-Cher
:Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra
::1st, Stages 3 & 6
;2009
:4th Overall Tour of Japan
:1st Overall [[Tour de Kumano]]
::1st, Stages 1, 2 & 3
:7th Overall [[Tour of Serbia]]
::1st, Stages 1, 3 & 7
:[[Tour of Qinghai Lake]]
::1st, Stages 4 & 5
:3rd Asian Road Race Championships
:[[Tour de Bulgaria]]
::1st, Stages 4 & 5
;2010
:1st Overall [[Tour of Hainan]]
::1st, Stage 2
;2011
:1st, Stage 2, [[Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey]]
:1st Overall [[Tour of Hainan]]
::1st, Stage 8
;2012
:2nd Overall [[Tour of Hainan]]
;2013
:4th [[Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]]
{{colend}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2010 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2010 Vuelta a España|153]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="col" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did Not Finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.team-astana.eu/e/iglinsky.php|Profile on Team Astana official website}}
*{{cyclingarchives|10519}}
*[http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=2896&idtitle=1 Palmares on Cycling Base (French)]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iglinsky, Valentin}}
[[Category:Kazakhstani male cyclists]]
[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey stage winners]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Astana]]
[[Category:Vuelta a España cyclists]]
[[Category:Giro d'Italia cyclists]]
[[Category:Doping cases in cycling]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases]]

Maxim Iglinsky

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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Maxim Iglinsky
| image = Maxim Iglinskiy (Tour de France 2007 - stage 7).jpg
| caption = Iglinsky at the [[2007 Tour de France]]
| fullname = Maxim Iglinsky
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|4|18}}
| birth_place = [[Astana]], [[Kazakhstan]]
| height = {{height|m=1.73}}
| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Provisionally suspended
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = All-rounder
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2004
| proteam1 = Capec
| proyears2 = 2005
| proteam2 = [[Domina Vacanze]]
| proyears3 = 2006
| proteam3 = {{ct|MRM|2006}}
| proyears4 = 2007–2014
| proteam4 = {{ct|AST|2007}}
| majorwins = '''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:[[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] ([[2006 national road cycling championships|2006]])
:[[Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] ([[2007 national road cycling championships|2007]])
:[[Strade Bianche]] ([[2010 Montepaschi Strade Bianche|2010]])
:[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] ([[2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|2012]])
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country|{{KAZ}}}}
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[road bicycle racing]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Cycling Championships|Asian Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2014 Astana|Road race}}
| updated = 22 February 2015
}}

'''Maxim Iglinsky''' ({{lang-kz|Максим Иглинский}}) (born 18 April 1981 in [[Astana]]) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] [[road racing cyclist]] who last rode for [[UCI ProTour]] team {{ct|AST|2014}}, who he competed for between 2007 and 2014.

==Career==
Iglinsky turned professional in 2005 with [[Domina Vacanze]] and rode for {{ct|MRM|2006}} in 2006. Iglinsky won stage 6 of the [[2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]. He is the elder brother of [[Valentin Iglinsky]].

In spring 2012, he prevailed in one of the [[Ardennes classics|Ardennes Classic races]], [[2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]. He broke away from the chasing group with [[Joaquim Rodríguez]] ({{ct|KAT|2012}}), subsequently dropping him and flying by race leader [[Vincenzo Nibali]] ({{ct|LIQ|2012}}) with one kilometer to go to win solo.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/results|title=Maxim Iglinsky wins Liège – Bastogne – Liège|work=Velo News|publisher=VeloNews.com|date=22 April 2012|accessdate=22 April 2012}}</ref>

He was provisionally suspended in October 2014 after testing positive for [[Erythropoietin|EPO]] in August 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/maxim-iglinskiy-provisionally-suspended-for-epo|title=Maxim Iglinskiy provisionally suspended for EPO|work=Cycling News|publisher=cyclingnews.com|date=1 October 2014|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> His brother [[Valentin Iglinsky]] was suspended on 10 September for testing positive, also in August 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valentin-iglinskiy-sacked-by-astana-after-positive-test|title=Valentin Iglinskiy sacked by Astana after positive test|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=10 September 2014|accessdate=10 September 2014}}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{colbegin|2}}
;2002
:1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional]]
::1st Stage 8
:2nd Overall [[Tour of China]]
::1st Stage 2
;2003
:1st Stage 3 [[Tour de Bulgaria]]
;2004
:1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional]]
:1st Prix de la Slantchev Brjag
:2nd [[File:Silver medal blank.svg|15px]] Asian Road Race Championships
:3rd Overall [[Tour of Greece]]
::1st Prologue
:3rd [[Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo]]
;2005
:1st [[GP Cittá di Camaiore]]
:1st Stage 6 [[2005 Deutschland Tour|Deutschland Tour]]
;2006
:1st [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] [[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]]
;2007
:1st [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] [[Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]]
:1st Stage 6 [[2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]]
;2008
:1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Mountains classification [[2008 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
:9th Overall [[2008 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
::1st Stage 1
;2009
:3rd [[E3 Prijs Vlaanderen]]
:8th GP Ouest France
;2010
:1st [[2010 Montepaschi Strade Bianche|Montepaschi Strade Bianche]]
:3rd [[Tour Méditerranéen]]
:4th Overall [[2010 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]]
:7th [[2010 Gent–Wevelgem|Gent–Wevelgem]]
:8th [[2010 Milan – San Remo|Milan – San Remo]]
:8th [[2010 Tour of Flanders|Tour of Flanders]]
;2012
:1st [[2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
:2nd [[2012 Strade Bianche|Strade Bianche]]
;2013
:1st Tour of Almaty
:1st Stage 4 [[2013 Tour of Belgium|Tour of Belgium]]
:1st Stage 1 (TTT) [[2013 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
:8th [[2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race|World Road Race Championships]]
:8th [[Dwars door Vlaanderen]]
:9th Overall [[2013 Eneco Tour|Eneco Tour]]
;2014
:2nd [[Asian Cycling Championships|Asian Road Race Championships]]
{{colend}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2008 Giro d'Italia|55]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2005 Tour de France|37]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2006 Tour de France|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2007 Tour de France|DNF]]
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2010 Tour de France|131]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2011 Tour de France|105]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2012 Tour de France|116]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2014 Tour de France|129]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2009 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2013 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
|—
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="col" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did Not Finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Maxim Iglinsky}}
*{{cycling archives|10518}}
*[http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=2896&idtitle=1 Palmares on Cycling Base] {{fr icon}}

{{Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners|state=collapsed}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iglinsky, Maxim}}
[[Category:Kazakhstani male cyclists]]
[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Astana]]
[[Category:Tour de France cyclists]]
[[Category:Vuelta a España cyclists]]
[[Category:Giro d'Italia cyclists]]
[[Category:Doping cases in cycling]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani sportspeople in doping cases]]

Alexsandr Dyachenko

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{{For|the Kazakhstani beach volleyball player|Alexandr Dyachenko}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Alexsandr Dyachenko
| image = Alexandr Dyachenko - Tour de Romandie 2010, Stage 3 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Dyachenko at the [[2010 Tour de Romandie]]
| fullname = Alexsandr Dyachenko
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|10|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|69|kg|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = ''Retired''
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2004–2006
| proteam1 = Capec
| proyears2 = 2008
| proteam2 = Ulan
| proyears3 = 2009–2015
| proteam3 = {{ct|AST|2009}}
| majorwins = '''[[Race stage|Stage Races]]'''
:[[Tour of Turkey]] ([[2012 Tour of Turkey|2012]])
'''[[Classic cycle race|Single-Day Races and Classics]]'''
:[[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (2007)
:{{nowrap|[[Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (2013)}}
| updated = 28 October 2013
}}
'''Alexsandr Dyachenko''' (born 17 October 1983) is a [[Kazakhstan|Kazakh]] [[road bicycle racer]] for [[UCI World Tour]] team {{ct|AST}}.

He debuted his professional career with [[road bicycle racing]] [[cycling team]] Capec in 2004.<ref name="world-of-cycling">{{cite web | url=http://www.world-of-cycling.com/sites/2006/teams06/capec.htm | title=Cycling team Capec | accessdate=April 10, 2011 | publisher=www.world-of-cycling.com}}</ref> In 2008 he joined the Ulan team. But since 2009, he is a member of [[Astana (cycling team)|Astana]] team.<ref name="cyclingarchives">{{cite web | url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=10515 | title=Alexsandr Dyachenko | accessdate=April 10, 2011 | publisher=Cycling Archives}}</ref> In 2012, Dyachenko put in a solid performance at the [[2012 Tour of Turkey|Tour of Turkey]], where he finished second overall, but the original winner [[Ivailo Gabrovski]] tested positive for [[Erythropoietin|EPO]]. In October, it was announced that Gabrovski was stripped of the title, which went to Dyachenko.<ref name="ban">{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13011/Disqualified-Tour-of-Turkey-winner-Ivailo-Gabrovski-gets-a-two-year-suspension-for-EPO.aspx|title=Disqualified Tour of Turkey winner Ivaïlo Gabrovski gets a two-year suspension for EPO|work=Velo Nation|publisher=Velo Nation LLC|date=7 October 2012|accessdate=7 October 2012|author=Shane Stokes }}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{colbegin|2}}
;2007
: 1st [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] [[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 4 [[Tour of Bulgaria]]
: 3rd Overall [[Tour of Japan]]
;2011
: 9th [[2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial|Time trial]], [[2011 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
;2012
: 1st [[File:MaillotCyan.PNG|20px]] Overall [[2012 Tour of Turkey|Tour of Turkey]]
::1st Stage 3
: 4th Overall [[2012 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]]
: 5th Overall [[2012 Tour of Austria|Tour of Austria]]
;2013
: National Road Championships
::1st [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] [[Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
::2nd [[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
: 2nd Overall [[2013 Tour of Austria|Tour of Austria]]
{{colend}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2010 Giro d'Italia|DNF]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2011 Giro d'Italia|111]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2012 Giro d'Italia|119]]
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2010 Vuelta a España|32]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2011 Vuelta a España|102]]
| style="text-align:center;"|[[2012 Vuelta a España|137]]
|—
| style="text-align:center;"|
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="col" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did Not Finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Aleksander Dyachenko}}
*{{cycling archives|10515}}
*[http://www.cyclingbase.com/Alexandr-Dyachenko.html Alexsandr Dyachenko's profile on Cycling Base]

{{Tour of Turkey Winners}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dyachenko, Alexsandr}}
[[Category:Kazakhstani male cyclists]]
[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey winners]]
[[Category:Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey stage winners]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Vuelta a España cyclists]]
[[Category:Giro d'Italia cyclists]]

{{Kazakhstan-cycling-bio-stub}}

Assan Bazayev

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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Assan Bazayev
| image = Assan_Bazayev.jpg
| caption = Bazayev at the 2008 [[Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]].
| fullname = Assan Bazayev Асан Базаев
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|2|22}}
| birth_place = [[Almaty]], Soviet Union
| height = {{convert|1.71|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2004–2005
| proteam1 = [[Capec]]
| proyears2 = 2006
| proteam2 = {{ct|ONC|2006a}}
| proyears3 = 2007–2013
| proteam3 = {{ct|AST|2007}}
| majorwins = National Road Race Championships (2008, 2012)
| updated = 1 January 2014
}}
'''Assan Bazayev''' ({{lang-kz|Асан Базаев}}, born 22 February 1981) is a former professional [[road bicycle racer]] from [[Kazakhstan]], who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2013.<ref name="Retirement">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/astana_signs_two_new_riders_as_bazayev_retires/|date=17 October 2013|accessdate=1 November 2013|title=Astana signs two new riders as Bazayev retires|first=Jesper|last=Ralbjerg|work=CyclingQuotes|publisher=JJnet.dk A/S}}</ref> He competed for the Capec, {{ct|ONC|2006a}} and {{ct|AST|2013}} squads.

In 2004 he won the Hellas Tour, but he did not win any stage.
He also won stage 1 of the [[Deutschland Tour 2006|2006 Tour of Germany]] in August 2006.<ref>[http://www.eurosport.com/cycling/deutschland-tour/2006/sport_sto936718.shtml Eurosport Splash]</ref>

Bazayev retired at the end of the 2013 season, after ten years as a professional.<ref name="Retirement"/>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{colbegin|2}}
;2003
:1st Stage 1 GP Tell
:1st Stage 4 [[Tour of Bulgaria]]
;2004
:1st Overall [[Tour of Hellas]]
:1st Asian Time Trial Championship
;2005
:3rd [[Tour de l'Avenir]]
:3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen - Koolskamp
;2006
:1st Stage 1 [[2006 Deutschland Tour|Deutschland Tour]]
;2008
:1st [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] National Road Race Championships
:[[Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey]]
::1st [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]] Points classification
;2009
:5th [[Tour de Luxembourg]]
;2010
:2nd [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] National Road Race Championships
:8th [[2010 UCI Road World Championships|UCI Road World Championships]]
;2012
:1st [[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] National Road Race Championships
{{colend}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Giro d'Italia|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
|—
| align="center" |[[2007 Giro d'Italia|98]]
| align="center" |[[2008 Giro d'Italia|97]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
| align="center" |[[2013 Tour de France|168]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=A red jersey]] [[List of Vuelta a España general classification winners|Vuelta a España]]
| align="center" |[[2006 Vuelta a España|98]]
|—
| align="center" |[[2008 Vuelta a España|130]]
| align="center" |[[2009 Vuelta a España|130]]
| align="center" |[[2010 Vuelta a España|82]]
|—
| align="center" |[[2012 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
|—
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="col" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did Not Finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cycling archives|10514}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bazayev, Assan}}
[[Category:Kazakhstani male cyclists]]
[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic cyclists of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Tour de France cyclists]]
[[Category:Vuelta a España cyclists]]
[[Category:Giro d'Italia cyclists]]

{{Kazakhstan-cycling-bio-stub}}

2016 Astana season

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{{Infobox cycling team season
| team = Astana
| season = 2016
| men = yes
| image =
| image_caption =
| ucicode = AST
| status = [[UCI ProTeam]]
| wtrank =
| chairman = [[Alexander Vinokourov]]
| owner =
| manager =
| sponsor = [[Samruk-Kazyna]]
| base = [[Kazakhstan]]
| bikes = [[Specialized Bicycle Components|Specialized]]
| groupset = [[Campagnolo]]
| onedaywins = 2
| stageraceoverall = 6
| stageracestages = 21
| gtwins = 1
| wcwins =
| natcwins = 4
| mostwins =
| bestrider =
| kitimage =
| previous = [[2015 Astana season|2015]]
| next = [[2017 Astana season|2017]]
}}

The 2016 season for the {{ct|AST|2016}} cycling team began in January with the [[2016 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]. As a [[UCI WorldTeam]], they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the [[2016 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]].

==Team roster==
{{Updated|29 March 2016.}}
{{Cycling squad start}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Valerio Agnoli]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1985|1|6}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Fabio Aru]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1990|7|3}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Maxat Ayazbayev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1992|1|27}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lars Boom]]|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1985|12|30}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Eros Capecchi]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1986|6|13}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Dario Cataldo]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1985|3|17}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Laurens De Vreese]]|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1988|9|29}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Daniil Fominykh]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1991|8|28}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Jakob Fuglsang]]|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1985|3|22}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Dmitriy Gruzdev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1986|3|13}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Andrea Guardini]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1989|6|12}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Andriy Hrivko]]|nat=UKR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1983|8|7}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Arman Kamyshev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1991|3|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Tanel Kangert]]|nat=EST|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1987|3|11}}}}
{{Cycling squad mid}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1992|3|28}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)|Miguel Ángel López]]|nat=COL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1994|2|4}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alexey Lutsenko]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1992|9|7}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Davide Malacarne]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1987|6|11}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Vincenzo Nibali]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1984|11|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Diego Rosa (cyclist)|Diego Rosa]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1989|3|27}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Luis León Sánchez]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1983|11|24}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Michele Scarponi]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1979|9|25}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Gatis Smukulis]]|nat=LAT|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1987|4|15}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Paolo Tiralongo]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1977|7|8}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Ruslan Tleubayev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1987|3|7}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alessandro Vanotti]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1980|9|16}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lieuwe Westra]]|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1982|9|11}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Andrey Zeits]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2016|3|29|1986|12|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Riders who joined the team for the 2016 season
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rider
!2015 team
|-
|[[Eros Capecchi]]||{{ct|MOV|2015}}
|-
|[[Gatis Smukulis]]||{{ct|KAT|2015}}
|-
|[[Oleg Zemlyakov]]||''neo-pro'' ({{ct|V4E|2015}})
|}
{{col-2}}
;Riders who left the team during or after the 2015 season
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rider
!2016 team
|-
|[[Borut Bozic]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orbea.com/gb-en/news/team-cofidis-announces-its-final-roster-for-next-season/ |title=Team Cofidis Announces Its Final Roster For Next Season|date=16 October 2015 |website=[[Orbea]]|access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref>||{{ct|COF|2016}}
|-
|[[Alexsandr Dyachenko]]||''Retired''
|-
|[[Mikel Landa]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/mikel-landa-confirms-he-will-ride-for-team-sky-in-2016-191773 |title=Mikel Landa confirms he will ride for Team Sky in 2016 |last1=Clarke |first1=Stuart |date=16 September 2015 |website=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref>||{{ct|SKY|2016}}
|-
|[[Rein Taaramäe]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/katusha-confirm-signing-of-rein-taarame/|title=Katusha confirm signing of Rein Taaramäe|date=26 August 2015 |website=[[Cyclingnews]]|access-date=20 February 2016}}</ref>||{{ct|KAT|2016}}
|}
{{col-end}}


==Season victories==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Race !! Competition !! Rider !! Country !! Location
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||January|23}} || [[2016 Tour de San Luis|Tour de San Luis]], Stage 6|| [[2016 UCI America Tour|UCI America Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Miguel Ángel|López|Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)}}|COL}} || {{ARG}} || [[Filo de la Sierra de Comechingones]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||January|24}} || [[2016 Tour de San Luis|Tour de San Luis]], Young rider classification|| [[2016 UCI America Tour|UCI America Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Miguel Ángel|López|Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)}}|COL}} || {{ARG}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|13}} || [[La Méditerranéenne]], Stage 3 || [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andriy|Hrivko}}|UKR}} || {{FRA}} || [[Pegomas]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|14}} || [[La Méditerranéenne]], Overall|| [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andriy|Hrivko}}|UKR}} || {{FRA}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|18}} || [[2016 Volta ao Algarve|Volta ao Algarve]], Stage 2 || [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Luis León|Sánchez}}|ESP}} || {{POR}} || Alto da Foía
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|19}} || [[2016 Tour of Oman|Tour of Oman]], Stage 4|| [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Vincenzo|Nibali}}|ITA}} || {{OMA}} || [[Jebel Akhdar (Oman)|Jebel Akhdar]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|21}} || [[2016 Tour of Oman|Tour of Oman]], [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px]] Overall|| [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Vincenzo|Nibali}}|ITA}} || {{OMA}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|24}} || [[2016 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]], Stage 1 || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{MAS}} || [[Baling]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|27}} || [[2016 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]], Stage 4 || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Miguel Ángel|López|Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)}}|COL}} || {{MAS}} || [[Tanah Rata]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|28}} || [[2016 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]], Stage 5 || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{MAS}} || [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||March|1}} || [[2016 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]], Stage 7 || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{MAS}} || Parit Sulong
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||March|2}} || [[2016 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]], Stage 8 || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{MAS}} || [[Malacca]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||March|2}} || [[2016 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]], [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Points Classification || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{MAS}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||March|11}} || [[2016 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]], Stage 5 || [[2016 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexey|Lutsenko}}|KAZ}} || {{FRA}} || [[Salon-de-Provence]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||March|31}} || [[2016 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]], Overall || [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Lieuwe|Westra}}|NED}} || {{BEL}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||March|31}} || [[2016 Three Days of De Panne|Three Days of De Panne]], Team classification || [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || style="text-align:center" | <ref group="N">The riders on the squad were [[Laurens de Vreese]], [[Jakob Fuglsang]], [[Dmitriy Gruzdev]], [[Andrea Guardini]], [[Arman Kamyshev]], [[Alexey Lutsenko]], [[Lars Boom]] and [[Lieuwe Westra]]</ref> || {{BEL}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||April|4}} || [[2016 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]], Stage 1 || [[2016 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Luis León|Sánchez}}|ESP}} || {{ESP}} || [[Markina-Xemein]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||April|8}} || [[2016 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]], Stage 5 || [[2016 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Diego|Rosa|dab=cyclist}}|ITA}} || {{ESP}} || {{Interlanguage link multi|Arrate|es}} ([[Eibar]])
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||April|9}} || [[2016 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]], Mountains classification || [[2016 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Diego|Rosa|dab=cyclist}}|ITA}} || {{ESP}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||April|19}} || [[2016 Giro del Trentino|Giro del Trentino]], Stage 1 (TTT) || [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || style="text-align:center" | <ref group="N">The riders on the squad were [[Vincenzo Nibali]], [[Valerio Agnoli]], [[Eros Capecchi]], [[Jakob Fuglsang]], [[Tanel Kangert]], [[Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev]], [[Davide Malacarne]] and [[Michele Scarponi]]</ref> || {{ITA}} || [[Nago–Torbole|Torbole]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||April|21}} || [[2016 Giro del Trentino|Giro del Trentino]], Stage 3 || [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Tanel|Kangert}}|EST}} || {{ITA}} || [[Mezzolombardo]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||April|22}} || [[2016 Giro del Trentino|Giro del Trentino]], Stage 4 || [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Tanel|Kangert}}|EST}} || {{ITA}} || [[Cles]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|27}} || [[2016 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], Stage 19|| [[2016 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Vincenzo|Nibali}}|ITA}} || {{FRA}} || [[Risoul]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|29}} || [[2016 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px]] Overall || [[2016 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Vincenzo|Nibali}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|29}} || [[2016 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], Team classification || [[2016 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || style="text-align:center" | <ref group="N">The riders on the squad were [[Vincenzo Nibali]], [[Valerio Agnoli]], [[Eros Capecchi]], [[Jakob Fuglsang]], [[Tanel Kangert]], [[Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev]], [[Davide Malacarne]], [[Michele Scarponi]] and [[Andrey Zeits]]</ref> || {{ITA}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||June|8}} || [[2016 Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné]], Stage 3|| [[2016 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Fabio|Aru}}|ITA}} || {{FRA}} || [[Tournon-sur-Rhône]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||June|19}} || [[2016 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]], Overall || [[2016 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Miguel Ángel|López|Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)}}|COL}} || {{SUI}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||July|9}} || [[2016 Tour of Austria|Tour of Austria]], Mountains classification || [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alessandro|Vanotti}}|ITA}} || {{AUT}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||August|3}} || [[2016 Vuelta a Burgos|Vuelta a Burgos]], Stage 2 (TTT) || [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || style="text-align:center" | <ref group="N">The riders on the squad were [[Eros Capecchi]], [[Davide Malacarne]], [[Dmitriy Gruzdev]], [[Dario Cataldo]], [[Michele Scarponi]], [[Alessandro Vanotti]] and [[Daniil Fominykh]]</ref> || {{ESP}} || [[Burgos]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||September|28}} || [[Milano–Torino]] || [[2016 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Miguel Ángel|López|Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)}}|COL}} || {{ITA}} || [[Torino]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|2}} || [[Tour of Almaty]] || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexey|Lutsenko}}|KAZ}} || {{KAZ}} || [[Almaty]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|22}} || [[2016 Abu Dhabi Tour|Abu Dhabi Tour]], Stage 3 || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Tanel|Kangert}}|EST}} || {{UAE}} || [[Jebel Hafeet]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|23}} || [[2016 Abu Dhabi Tour|Abu Dhabi Tour]], Overall || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Tanel|Kangert}}|EST}} || {{UAE}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|23}} || [[Tour of Hainan]], Stage 2 || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Ruslan|Tleubayev}}|KAZ}} || {{CHN}} || [[Haikou]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|29}} || [[Tour of Hainan]], Stage 8 || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexey|Lutsenko}}|KAZ}} || {{CHN}} || [[Qiongzhong]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|30}} || [[Tour of Hainan]], Overall || [[2016 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexey|Lutsenko}}|KAZ}} || {{CHN}} ||
|}

==National, Continental and World champions 2016==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Discipline !! Jersey !! Rider !! Country !! Location
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||June|22}} || [[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|Kazakhstan National Time Trial Champion]] ||<center>[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]]</center> ||{{flagathlete|{{sortname|Dmitriy|Gruzdev}}|KAZ}}|| {{KAZ}} || [[Almaty]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||June|22}} || [[Latvian National Time Trial Championships|Latvian National Time Trial Champion]] ||<center>[[File:MaillotLetonia.PNG|20px]]</center> ||{{flagathlete|{{sortname|Gatis|Smukulis}}|LAT}}|| {{LAT}} || [[Rauna]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||June|26}} || [[Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships|Kazakhstan National Road Race Champion]] ||<center>[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]]</center> ||{{flagathlete|{{sortname|Arman|Kamyshev}}|KAZ}}|| {{KAZ}} || [[Almaty]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||June|26}} || [[Latvian National Road Race Championships|Latvian National Road Race Champion]] ||<center>[[File:MaillotLetonia.PNG|20px]]</center> ||{{flagathlete|{{sortname|Gatis|Smukulis}}|LAT}}|| {{LAT}} || [[Cesis]]
|}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|group=N}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{2016 road cycling season by team}}
{{Astana seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Astana 2016}}
[[Category:2016 road cycling season by team]]
[[Category:Astana Pro Team]]
[[Category:2016 in Kazakhstani sport]]

2015 Astana season

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{{Infobox cycling team season
| team = Astana
| season = 2015
| men = yes
| image =
| image_caption =
| ucicode = AST
| status = [[UCI ProTeam]]
| wtrank =
| chairman = [[Alexander Vinokourov]]
| owner =
| manager =
| sponsor = [[Samruk-Kazyna]]
| base = [[Kazakhstan]]
| bikes = [[Specialized Bicycle Components|Specialized]]
| groupset = [[Campagnolo]]
| onedaywins = 6
| stageraceoverall = 3
| stageracestages = 22
| gtwins = 1
| wcwins =
| natcwins = 2
| mostwins =
| bestrider =
| kitimage =
| previous = [[2014 Astana season|2014]]
| next = [[2016 Astana season|2016]]
}}

The 2015 season for the {{ct|AST|2015}} cycling team began in January with the [[2015 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]]. As a [[UCI WorldTeam]], they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]].

==Team roster==
{{Updated|1 January 2015.}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(km1vvhzwaq0hh3tu2aon3xv0))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/3004|title=Astana Pro Team (AST) – KAZ|accessdate=1 January 2015|work=[[UCI World Tour]]|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]}}</ref>
{{Cycling squad start}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Valerio Agnoli]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|3|28|1985|1|6}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Fabio Aru]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1990|7|3}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Maxat Ayazbayev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1992|1|27}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lars Boom]]|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1985|12|30}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Borut Božič]]|nat=SLO|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1980|8|8}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Dario Cataldo]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1985|3|17}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Laurens De Vreese]]|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1988|9|29}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alexsandr Dyachenko]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|3|28|1983|10|17}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Daniil Fominykh]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1991|8|28}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Jakob Fuglsang]]|nat=DEN|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1985|3|22}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Dmitriy Gruzdev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|3|28|1986|3|13}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Andrea Guardini]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1989|6|12}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Andriy Hrivko]]|nat=UKR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1983|8|7}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Arman Kamyshev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|3|28|1991|3|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Tanel Kangert]]|nat=EST|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1987|3|11}}}}
{{Cycling squad mid}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1992|3|28}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Mikel Landa]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1989|12|13}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)|Miguel Ángel López]]|nat=COL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1994|2|4}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alexey Lutsenko]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1992|9|7}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Davide Malacarne]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1987|6|11}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Vincenzo Nibali]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1984|11|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Diego Rosa (cyclist)|Diego Rosa]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1989|3|27}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Luis León Sánchez]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1983|11|24}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Michele Scarponi]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1979|9|25}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Rein Taaramäe]]|nat=EST|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1987|4|24}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Paolo Tiralongo]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1977|7|8}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Ruslan Tleubayev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1987|3|7}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alessandro Vanotti]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1980|9|16}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lieuwe Westra]]|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|1|1|1982|9|11}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Andrey Zeits]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|df=yes|2015|3|28|1986|12|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Riders who joined the team for the 2015 season
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rider
!2014 team
|-
|[[Maxat Ayazbayev]]||{{ct|AST|2014}} continental team
|-
|[[Lars Boom]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/08/news/giro-points-champ-bouhanni-leaves-fdj-signs-with-cofidis-for-2015_339257 |title=Giro points champ Bouhanni to Cofidis; Boom to Astana |last1=Hood |first1=Andrew |date=1 August 2014 |website=[[VeloNews]] |accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||{{ct|BEL|2014}}
|-
|[[Dario Cataldo]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/9497890/dario-cataldo-signs-for-astana-to-be-climbing-domestique-for-vincenzo-nibali-and-fabio-aru |title=Dario Cataldo signs for Astana to be climbing domestique for Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru|date=1 October 2014 |website=[[skysports.com]] |accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||{{ct|SKY|2014}}
|-
|[[Laurens De Vreese]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://proteam-astana.com/2014/08/30/2015-contract-laurens-de-vreese/ |title=2015 Contract - Laurens De Vreese|date=30 August 2014 |website=[[Astana Pro Team]]|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||{{ct|WGG|2014}}
|-
|[[Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev]]||{{ct|AST|2014}} continental team
|-
|[[Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)|Miguel Ángel López]]||neo (Loteria Boyaca Indeportes)
|-
|[[Davide Malacarne]]<ref name="transfers">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/transfers-astana-signs-boom-sanchez-rosa-and-malacarne |title=Transfers: Astana signs Boom, Sanchez, Rosa and Malacarne |last=Farrand |first=Stephen |date=1 August 2014 |work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||{{ct|EUC|2014}}
|-
|[[Diego Rosa (cyclist)|Diego Rosa]]<ref name="transfers"/>||{{ct|AND|2014}}
|-
|[[Luis León Sánchez]]<ref name="transfers"/>||{{ct|CJR|2014}}
|-
|[[Rein Taaramäe]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/taaramae-signs-one-year-deal-with-astana |title=Taaramae signs one-year deal with Astana |author= |date=20 August 2014 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]]|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||{{ct|COF|2014}}
|}
{{col-2}}
;Riders who left the team during or after the 2014 season
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rider
!2015 team
|-
|[[Janez Brajkovič]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/brajkovic-signs-for-unitedhealthcare |title=Brajkovic signs for UnitedHealthcare|date=30 October 2014|website=[[cyclingnews.com]]|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||{{ct|UHC|2015}}
|-
|[[Enrico Gasparotto]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtbf.be/sport/cyclisme/detail_enrico-gasparotto-rejoint-wanty-groupe-gobert?id=8423912 |title=Enrico Gasparotto rejoint Wanty-Groupe Gobert|date=21 November 2014|work=RTBF.be|publisher=[[RTBF|Radio Télévision Belge Francophone]]|language=French |trans-title=Enrico Gasparotto joins Wanty-Groupe Gobert |accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||{{ct|WGG|2015}}
|-
|[[Francesco Gavazzi]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-gavazzi-to-neri-sottoli |title=News shorts: Gavazzi to Neri Sottoli |author= |date=8 November 2014 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]] |accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||{{ct|NRI|2015}}
|-
|[[Jacopo Guarnieri]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/transfers-guarnieri-signs-with-katusha |title=Transfers: Guarnieri signs with Katusha |author= |date=1 September 2014 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]] |accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||{{ct|KAT|2015}}
|-
|[[Evan Huffman]]|| [[Team SmartStop]]
|-
|[[Maxim Iglinsky]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/maxim-iglinskiy-provisionally-suspended-for-epo|title=Maxim Iglinskiy provisionally suspended for EPO|work=Cycling News|publisher=cyclingnews.com|date=1 October 2014|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||Fired (doping)
|-
|[[Valentin Iglinsky]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/valentin-iglinskiy-sacked-by-astana-after-positive-test|title=Valentin Iglinskiy sacked by Astana after positive test|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|date=10 September 2014|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>||Fired (doping)
|-
|[[Fredrik Kessiakoff]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kessiakoff-announces-retirement-from-cycling|title=Kessiakoff announces retirement from cycling|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=9 December 2014|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>|| Retired
|-
|[[Dimitry Muravyev]]|| Retired
|}
{{col-end}}


==Season victories==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Race !! Competition !! Rider !! Country !! Location
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|14}} || [[Vuelta a Murcia]] || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Rein|Taaramäe}}|EST}} || {{ESP}} || [[Murcia|Alto Fortaleze del Sol]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|17}} || [[2015 Tour of Oman|Tour of Oman]], Stage 1 || [[2015 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{OMN}} || [[Wutayyah|Al Wutayyah]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||February|22}} || [[2015 Tour of Oman|Tour of Oman]], Points classification || [[2015 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{OMN}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||March|8}} || [[2015 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]], Stage 1 || [[2015 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{MAS}} || [[Langkawi]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||March|9}} || [[2015 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]], Stage 2 || [[2015 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{MAS}} || [[Sungai Petani]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||March|11}} || [[2015 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]], Stage 4 || [[2015 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{MAS}} || [[Kuala Berang]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||March|14}} || [[2015 Tour de Langkawi|Tour de Langkawi]], Stage 8 || [[2015 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{MAS}} || [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||April|10}} || [[2015 Tour of the Basque Country|Tour of the Basque Country]], Stage 5 || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Mikel|Landa}}|ESP}} || {{ESP}} || [[Aia]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||April|24}} || [[2015 Giro del Trentino|Giro del Trentino]], Stage 4 || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Paolo|Tiralongo}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[Cles]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||April|24}} || [[2015 Giro del Trentino|Giro del Trentino]], Teams classification || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] ||align="center"| <ref group="N">The riders on the squad were [[Dario Cataldo]], [[Tanel Kangert]], [[Mikel Landa]], [[Davide Malacarne]], [[Diego Rosa (cyclist)|Diego Rosa]], [[Paolo Tiralongo]] and [[Andrey Zeits]]</ref> || {{ITA}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|16}} || [[Tour de Picardie]], Stage 2 || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[Fleurines]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|17}} || [[2015 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], Stage 9 || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Paolo|Tiralongo}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[San Giorgio del Sannio]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|17}} || [[Tour de Picardie]], Teams classification || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] ||align="center"| <ref group="N">The riders on the squad were [[Andrea Guardini]], [[Borut Božič]], [[Maxat Ayazbayev]], [[Laurens de Vreese]], [[Arman Kamyshev]], [[Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev]] and [[Ruslan Tleubayev]]</ref> || {{FRA}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|23}} || [[2015 World Ports Classic|World Ports Classic]], Stage 1 || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{BEL}} || [[Antwerpen]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|24}} || [[2015 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], Stage 15 || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Mikel|Landa}}|ESP}} || {{ITA}} || [[Madonna di Campiglio]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|26}} || [[2015 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], Stage 16 || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Mikel|Landa}}|ESP}} || {{ITA}} || [[Aprica]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|29}} || [[2015 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], Stage 19 || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Fabio|Aru}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[Cervinia]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|30}} || [[2015 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], Stage 20 || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Fabio|Aru}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[Sestriere]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|31}} || [[2015 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], Young rider classification || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Fabio|Aru}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||May|31}} || [[2015 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]], Teams classification || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] ||align="center"| <ref group="N">The riders on the squad were [[Fabio Aru]], [[Dario Cataldo]], [[Tanel Kangert]], [[Mikel Landa]], [[Davide Malacarne]], [[Diego Rosa (cyclist)|Diego Rosa]], [[Luis León Sánchez]], [[Paolo Tiralongo]] and [[Andrey Zeits]]</ref> || {{ITA}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||June|20}} || [[2015 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]], Stage 8 || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexey|Lutsenko}}|KAZ}} || {{SUI}} || [[Bern]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||July|24}} || [[2015 Tour de France|Tour de France]], Stage 19 || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Vincenzo|Nibali}}|ITA}} || {{FRA}} || [[Les Sybelles|La Toussuire – Les Sybelles]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||August|4}} || [[2015 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]], Stage 1 || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Lars|Boom}}|NED}} || {{DEN}} || [[Holstebro]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||August|5}} || [[2015 Vuelta a Burgos|Vuelta a Burgos]], Stage 2 || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || Team time trial<ref group="N">The riders on the squad were [[Mikel Landa]], [[Luis León Sánchez]], [[Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)|Miguel Ángel López]], [[Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev]], [[Davide Malacarne]], [[Michele Scarponi]], [[Rein Taaramäe]] and [[Alessandro Vanotti]]</ref> || {{ESP}} || [[Burgos]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||August|7}} || [[2015 Vuelta a Burgos|Vuelta a Burgos]], Stage 4 || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Miguel|Ángel López|Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)}}|COL}} || {{ESP}} || [[Pineda de la Sierra]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||August|8}} || [[2015 Vuelta a Burgos|Vuelta a Burgos]], Overall || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Rein|Taaramäe}}|EST}} || {{ESP}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||August|8}} || [[2015 Vuelta a Burgos|Vuelta a Burgos]], Young rider classification || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Miguel|Ángel López|Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)}}|COL}} || {{ESP}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||August|8}} || [[2015 Vuelta a Burgos|Vuelta a Burgos]], Teams classification || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] ||align="center"| <ref group="N">The riders on the squad were [[Mikel Landa]], [[Luis León Sánchez]], [[Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)|Miguel Ángel López]], [[Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev]], [[Davide Malacarne]], [[Michele Scarponi]], [[Rein Taaramäe]] and [[Alessandro Vanotti]]</ref> || {{ESP}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||August|16}} || [[2015 Arctic Race of Norway|Arctic Race of Norway]], Overall || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Rein|Taaramäe}}|EST}} || {{NOR}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||September|2}} || [[2015 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], Stage 11 || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Mikel|Landa}}|ESP}} || {{ESP}} || [[Encamp|Cortals d'Encamp]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||September|13}} || [[2015 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], Overall || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Fabio|Aru}}|ITA}} || {{ESP}} ||
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||September|17}} || [[2015 Coppa Bernocchi|Coppa Bernocchi]] || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Vincenzo|Nibali}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[Legnano]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||September|30}} || [[2015 Tre Valli Varesine|Tre Valli Varesine]] || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Vincenzo|Nibali}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[Varese]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|1}} || [[2015 Milano–Torino|Milano–Torino]] || [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|UCI Europe Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Diego|Rosa|Diego Rosa (cyclist)}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[Torino]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|4}} || [[Tour of Almaty]] || [[2015 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexey|Lutsenko}}|KAZ}} || {{KAZ}} || [[Almaty]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|4}} || [[2015 Il Lombardia|Il Lombardia]] || [[2015 UCI World Tour|UCI World Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Vincenzo|Nibali}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[Como]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|8}} || [[2015 Abu Dhabi Tour|Abu Dhabi Tour]], Stage 1 || [[2015 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrea|Guardini}}|ITA}} || {{UAE}} || [[Madinat Zayed]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|27}} || [[Tour of Hainan]], Stage 8 || [[2015 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andrey|Zeits}}|KAZ}} || {{CHN}} || [[Wuzhishan City|Wuzhishan]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||October|28}} || [[Tour of Hainan]], Teams classification || [[2015 UCI Asia Tour|UCI Asia Tour]] ||align="center"| <ref group="N">The riders on the squad were [[Valerio Agnoli]], [[Daniil Fominykh]], [[Dmitriy Gruzdev]], [[Arman Kamyshev]], [[Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev]], [[Ruslan Tleubayev]] and [[Andrey Zeits]]</ref> || {{CHN}} ||
|}

==National, Continental and World champions 2015==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date !! Discipline !! Jersey !! Rider !! Country !! Location
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||June|21}}||[[Cycling at the 2015 European Games – Men's road race|European Games Road Race Champion]] |||| {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Luis León|Sánchez}}|ESP}} || {{AZE}} || [[Baku]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||June|25}}||[[Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships|Kazakhstan National Time Trial Champion]] ||<center>[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]]</center> || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexey|Lutsenko}}|KAZ}} || {{KAZ}} || [[Petropavl]]
|-
| {{dts|format=dmy||June|27}}||[[Italian National Road Race Championships|Italian National Road Race Champion]] ||<center>[[File:Jersey_italianflag.svg|20px]]</center> ||{{flagathlete|{{sortname|Vincenzo|Nibali}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[Superga]]
|}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|group=N}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{2015 road cycling season by team}}
{{Astana seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Astana 2015}}
[[Category:2015 road cycling season by team]]
[[Category:Astana Pro Team]]
[[Category:2015 in Kazakhstani sport]]

2010 Astana season

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{{Infobox cycling team season
| team = Astana
| season = 2010
| men = yes
| image = [[File:Alberto Contador Tour 2010 team presentation 3.jpg|200px]]
| image_caption = [[Alberto Contador]] at the [[2010 Tour de France]] team presentation.
| ucicode = AST
| status = [[UCI ProTour]] team
| wrrank = 8th (768 points)
| chairman =
| owner =
| manager = [[Yvon Sanquer]]
| sponsor = [[Samruk-Kazyna]]
| base = [[Kazakhstan]]
| bikes = [[Specialized Bicycle Components|Specialized]]
| groupset = [[SRAM Corporation|SRAM]]?
| onedaywins = 2
| stageraceoverall = 4<ref group="N">Alberto Contador's victory in the [[2010 Tour de France]] has been officially revoked.</ref>
| stageracestages = 10
| gtwins = none<ref group="N">Alberto Contador's victory in the [[2010 Tour de France]] has been officially revoked.</ref>
| natcwins = 2
| mostwins = {{nowrap|[[Alberto Contador]] (8 wins)<ref group="N">Alberto Contador's victory in the [[2010 Tour de France]] has been officially revoked.</ref>}}
| bestrider = {{nowrap|[[Alexander Vinokourov]] ([[2010 UCI World Ranking|11th]])}}
| kitimage =
| previous = [[2009 Astana season|2009]]
| next = [[2011 Astana season|2011]]
}}

The 2010 season for the {{ct|AST|2010}} cycling team began in January with the [[2010 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]] and ended in October at the [[2010 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]. As a [[UCI ProTour]] team, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every ProTour event.

Astana's 2010 season marked a great transition for the team, as went from the leadership of [[Johan Bruyneel]] to [[Yvon Sanquer]]. The team similarly saw many notable riders depart, including [[Lance Armstrong]], [[Levi Leipheimer]], [[Andreas Klöden]], and the rest of Astana's squad from the [[2009 Tour de France]] save champion [[Alberto Contador]]. Most of these riders were part of Armstrong's new team in 2010, {{ct|RadioShack|2010}}. Contador and [[Alexander Vinokourov]], who returned from suspension late in the 2009 season, were the team's leaders in 2010.

==2010 team roster==
Ages as of January 1, 2010
{{Cycling squad start}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Assan Bazayev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1981|2|22}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alberto Contador]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1982|12|6}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Allan Davis]]|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1980|7|27}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Scott Davis (cyclist)|Scott Davis]]|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1979|4|22}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[David de la Fuente]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1981|5|4}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Valeriy Dmitriyev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1984|10|10}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alexsandr Dyachenko]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1983|10|17}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Dmitry Fofonov]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1976|8|15}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Enrico Gasparotto]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1982|3|22}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Maxim Gourov]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1979|1|30}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Jesús Hernández (cyclist)|Jesús Hernández]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1981|9|28}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Andriy Hryvko]]|nat=UKR|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1983|8|7}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Maxim Iglinskiy]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1981|4|18}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Valentin Iglinskiy]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1984|5|12}}}}
{{Cycling squad mid}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Josep Jufré]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1975|8|5}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Roman Kireyev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1987|2|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Daniel Navarro]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1983|7|8}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1987|3|12}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Benjamín Noval]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1979|1|23}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Óscar Pereiro]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1977|8|3}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Bolat Raimbekov]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1986|12|25}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Sergey Renev]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1985|1|3}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Mirko Selvaggi]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1985|2|11}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Gorazd Štangelj]]|nat=SLO|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1973|1|27}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Paolo Tiralongo]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1977|7|8}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Alexander Vinokourov]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1973|9|16}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Andrey Zeits]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|8|29|1986|12|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad end}}

{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Riders who joined the team for the 2010 season
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rider
!2009 team
|-
|[[Allan Davis]]||{{ct|QST|2009}}
|-
|[[Scott Davis (cyclist)|Scott Davis]]||[[Fly V Australia]]
|-
|[[David de la Fuente]]||{{ct|FUJ|2009}}
|-
|[[Dmitry Fofonov]]||''ex-pro'' ({{ct|C.A|2008}}, 2008)
|-
|[[Enrico Gasparotto]]||{{ct|LAM|2009}}
|-
|[[Maxim Gourov]]||[[Carmiooro A Style]]
|-
|[[Andriy Hryvko]]||{{ct|ISD|2009b}}
|-
|[[Valentin Iglinskiy]]||''neo-pro''
|-
|[[Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy]]||
|-
|[[Óscar Pereiro]]||{{ct|GCE|2009}}
|-
|[[Mirko Selvaggi]]||{{ct|AMI|2009}}
|-
|[[Gorazd Štangelj]]||{{ct|LIQ|2009b}}
|-
|[[Paolo Tiralongo]]||{{ct|LAM|2009}}
|-
|[[Alexander Vinokourov]]||''ex-pro'' ({{ct|AST|2007}}, 2007)
|}
{{col-2}}
;Riders who left the team during or after the 2009 season
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rider
!2010 team
|-
|[[Lance Armstrong]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[Janez Brajkovič]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[Chris Horner]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[Andreas Klöden]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[Levi Leipheimer]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[Steve Morabito]]||{{ct|BMC|2010}}
|-
|[[Dmitriy Muravyev]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[Sérgio Paulinho]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[Yaroslav Popovych]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[Grégory Rast]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[José Luis Rubiera]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[Michael Schär]]||{{ct|BMC|2010}}
|-
|[[Tomas Vaitkus]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|-
|[[Haimar Zubeldia]]||{{ct|RadioShack|2010}}
|}
{{col-end}}

==One-day races==

===Spring classics===
Maxim Iglinskiy won [[Montepaschi Strade Bianche]] in March, a rare spring season one-day win in the team's history. He made his race-winning move against breakaway companions [[Thomas Lövkvist]] and [[Michael Rogers (cyclist)|Michael Rogers]] {{convert|200|m|abbr=on}} from the finish line, as the road narrowed. He and Lövkvist nearly touched shoulders and crashed, but both held their lines and stayed upright. Iglinskiy, who had never ridden this particular race before, called it "the most beautiful win of [his] career."<ref>{{cite web
|author=Richard Moore
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/iglinskiy-pounces-to-strade-bianche-win
|title=Iglinskiy pounces to Strade Bianche win
|date=2010-03-06
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-03-06
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100410012551/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/iglinskiy-pounces-to-strade-bianche-win| archivedate= 10 April 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|author=Cycling News
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/4th-montepaschi-strade-bianche-1-1/results
|title=Iglinskiy wins Strade Bianche
|date=2010-03-06
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-03-06
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323220917/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/4th-montepaschi-strade-bianche-1-1/results| archivedate= 23 March 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

===Fall races===
{{Empty section|date=January 2011}}

==Stage races==
Contador scored the team's first victory of 2010 in the [[2010 Volta ao Algarve|Volta ao Algarve]], a mountain stage which finished at [[Malhão da Estrela|Malhão]]. The victory also gave him the race's overall leadership.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Cycling News
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2-1/stage-3/results
|title=Contador takes control in Malhão
|date=2010-02-19
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-02-19
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100219235425/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2-1/stage-3/results| archivedate= 19 February 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> A solid second place in the event's closing [[individual time trial]] meant Contador retained the lead through the conclusion of the race.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Stephen Farrand
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2-1/stage-5-itt/results
|title=Contador wins the Volta ao Algarve
|date=2010-02-21
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-02-21
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100222060255/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2-1/stage-5-itt/results| archivedate= 22 February 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

==Grand Tours==

===Giro d'Italia===
Vinokourov made the Giro an early goal for himself, announcing in December that he would ride it in 2010 for the first time in his career. He was the team leader, as Contador mounted only a defense of his Tour crown in 2010 and not a return to the Giro or the Vuelta. He stated that his goal was to wear the race leader's pink jersey for one day, and not to win the race overall.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Susan Westemeyer
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vinokourov-to-lead-astana-at-the-giro-ditalia
|title=Vinokourov to lead Astana at the Giro d'Italia
|date=2010-04-28
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-06-13
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100616175334/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vinokourov-to-lead-astana-at-the-giro-ditalia| archivedate= 16 June 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> The team showed well in the stage 1 time trial in Amsterdam. Hryvko was one of the earliest riders to take the course and set a time that stood as best for much of the day. Later, Vinokourov turned in a fourth-place ride, five seconds off the winning time set by {{ct|SKY|2010}}'s [[Bradley Wiggins]].<ref>{{cite web
|author=Cycling News
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-1/results
|title=Wiggins wins Giro opener
|date=2010-05-08
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-05-11
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100511011904/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-1/results| archivedate= 11 May 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Over the next two days, many crashes took place and kept very small the number of riders together in the leading group at the stages finishes. Vinokourov was able to stay with the leaders both days, and was one of the only overall favorites to do so. In so doing, he earned the pink jersey as the race transferred to Italy.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Les Clarke
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-3/results
|title=Weylandt takes chaotic stage
|date=2010-05-10
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-05-11
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100511190154/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-3/results| archivedate= 11 May 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Their fortunes were turned in the stage 4 team time trial, however. Valentin Iglinskiy, Dyachenko, and Gasparotto fell off the pace early in their ride, as did Kireyev with 3 kilometers left. This left only the minimum of five riders together, and in the last kilometer, Štangelj also fell off, and the remaining team members had to wait for him at the finish line. This lost time cost Vinokourov the pink jersey, as [[Vincenzo Nibali]] took it.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Les Clarke and Stephen Farrand
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-4/results
|title=Liquigas-Doimo fly to TTT victory
|date=2010-05-12
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-05-12
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100513081051/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-4/results| archivedate= 13 May 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

Stage 7 was long and hilly, and run partially on unpaved roads. It also happened to be run on a day with very heavy rain, making the final kilometers of the course muddy and treacherous. After the overall contenders had stayed together for most of the stage, Nibali crashed on the first section of unpaved roads and needed a bike change. Vinokourov took the opportunity to put in an attack, and he and three others finished together well ahead of Nibali, giving Vinokourov the pink jersey again. Though he had prospered on the stage, Vinokourov openly questioned afterwards whether such terrain should be used in a multi-day event.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Susan Westemeyer
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-7/results
|title=Evans magnificent in the Tuscan mud
|date=2010-05-15
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-05-20
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100517162940/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-7/results| archivedate= 17 May 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref>

After three stages won by sprinters and breakaways, the overall standings were again shuffled in stage 11. This was the Giro's longest stage, and was again run on a very rainy day. In this stage, a group of approximately 50 riders broke away and gained considerable time on the peloton. Their biggest advantage was 20 minutes, and 40 of them were still together ahead of the peloton at the end of the stage, with the winner [[Evgeni Petrov (cyclist)|Evgeni Petrov]] still 13 minutes ahead. The teams of the overall contenders had been leading a chase until the day's last climb, when the chase stopped altogether and the time gap remained the same the rest of the way. Astana was one of the only teams who did not have a rider finish ahead of the peloton, and the result was Vinokourov again losing the pink jersey, this time to [[Richie Porte]].

Vinokourov finished in the top ten in several of the stages in the Giro's second half. Much as he did in stage 7, he made a selective break in a counterattack in stage 12, finishing fourth.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Les Clarke
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-12/results
|title=Pippo powers home in Porto Recanti
|date=2010-05-20
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-06-10
}}</ref> He finished alone between the first and second groups in the stage finish at [[Monte Grappa]], moving back into the top ten overall, ninth, with this result.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Susan Westemeyer
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-14/results
|title=Nibali solos into Asolo
|date=2010-05-22
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-06-12
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100616024538/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-14/results| archivedate= 16 June 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> On [[Monte Zoncolan]], Vinokourov rode in the red points jersey to fifth on the day, moving up to sixth overall.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Susan Westemeyer
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-15/results
|title=Basso prevails on the Zoncolan
|date=2010-05-23
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-06-12
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100614183457/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-15/results| archivedate= 14 June 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> He was eighth in the climbing time trial to [[Plan de Corones]] and finished with the second group on the road, for fourth, in stage 19 which featured the [[Passo del Mortirolo]].<ref>{{cite web
|author=Les Clarke and Jean-François Quénet
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-16/results
|title=Garzelli time trials to stage win
|date=2010-05-25
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-06-12
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100611160133/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-16/results| archivedate= 11 June 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|author=Cycling News
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-19/results
|title=Basso charges into pink with Mortirolo attack
|date=2010-05-28
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-06-12
}}</ref> He posted the third-best time in the time trial which closed out the Giro, in Verona. Vinokourov finished the Giro sixth overall. Astana was 14th in the Trofeo Fast Team standings and ninth in the Trofeo Super Team.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Stephen Farrand
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/93rd-giro-ditalia-gt/stage-20/results
|title=Basso wins Giro d'Italia
|date=2010-05-30
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-06-11
}}</ref>

===Tour de France===
Two-time and defending champion Contador was one of the riders frequently cited as a major favorite to win the [[2010 Tour de France|Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38022368/ns/sports-tour_de_france/
|title=Top contenders to win 2010 Tour de France
|date=2010-06-30
|work=NBCsports.msnbc.com
|publisher=NBC Universal
|accessdate=2010-09-30
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|author=Bonnie D. Ford
|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2010/columns/story?columnist=ford_bonnie_d&id=5344842
|title=2010 Tour de France: Top contenders
|date=2010-07-06
|work=ESPN.com
|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures
|accessdate=2010-09-30
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|author=James Fish
|url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/38401/
|title=Who Will Win the 2010 Tour de France?
|date=2010-07-07
|work=The Epoch Times
|accessdate=2010-09-30
}}</ref> Contador was sixth in the prologue time trial, positioning himself near prospective rivals and his former teammates [[Lance Armstrong]] and [[Levi Leipheimer]] despite the short, flat course not particularly favoring Contador's strengths.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Cyclingnews
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/prologue/results
|title=Cancellara wins prologue time trial
|date=2010-07-03
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-09-30
}}</ref> Contador and Vinokourov both limited their losses well in stage 3, which incorporated numerous sectors of [[cobblestones]] at the Belgium-France border. Vinokourov was tenth on the day, finishing with the second group 53 seconds back of the stage winner. Contador had been with this group for most of the cobbled sections, but he flatted towards the finish and lost a further 20 seconds. Nonetheless, both riders occupied spots in the top ten after the stage, Vinokourov in eighth and Contador in ninth.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Les Clarke
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-3/results
|title=Carnage on the cobbles!
|date=2010-07-06
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-09-30
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100909170705/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-3/results| archivedate= 9 September 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> After three stages decided by field sprints, the medium mountain seventh stage to [[Station des Rousses]] in the Jura began to sort out the overall standings. Vinokourov, Contador, and all serious overall contenders finished together on the same time. They moved up to fifth and sixth overall as some sprinters who were still highly placed because of the Tour's flat first week fell from the top of the standings.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Richard Moore
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-7/results
|title=Chavanel races to victory in first mountains stage
|date=2010-07-10
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-09-30
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100913224049/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-7/results| archivedate= 13 September 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> In the first Alpine stage the next day, the race's elite (with the notable exception of [[Lance Armstrong]]) contested the stage as the first group on the road. [[Andy Schleck]] and [[Samuel Sánchez]] attacked within the stage's final kilometer and gained 10 seconds against the other overall favorites, including Contador, with Schleck winning the stage. Contador moved up to third overall with the day's results.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Richard Moore
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8/results
|title=Advantage Schleck on first major mountain stage
|date=2010-07-11
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-10-01
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100915234053/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-8/results| archivedate= 15 September 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> In the next stage, after the first rest day, Contador and Schleck made a move which ensured that they would finish in the top two spots on the podium at the end of the race. On the [[Col de la Madeleine]], an [[hors catégorie]] climb (and the fourth of the day), the two broke away from the race's other overall contenders. They met and bridged up to [[Jens Voigt]], a member of the morning escape, who paced them (on Schleck's behalf) to a sizeable gap over the peloton they had left behind. Though Sánchez also gained time against this group, the day's results put Schleck in first and Contador in second with more than two minutes between Contador and Sánchez in third, all but assuring that one of them would be Tour champion.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Les Clarke
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-9/results
|title=Casar claims stage win for France
|date=2010-07-13
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-11-06
}}</ref>

[[Image:Contador en la salida de Pau.jpg|right|thumb|Contador wearing the [[yellow jersey statistics|yellow jersey]] during the 17th stage of the Tour de France.|alt=Several cyclists sit on their bicycles. In the center of the image are two, wearing solid yellow and green jerseys. Spectators watch in the background.]]

In stage 12 three days later, it seemed that Vinokourov put in a winning attack on the stage's final climb, [[Mende, Lozère|Mende]]. But Contador put in an attack from the trailing peloton, something which is not normally done by the teammate of a race's solo leader. Contador drew with him [[Joaquim Rodríguez]], and they easily rode past Vinokourov. Rodríguez won the sprint while Contador took back ten seconds on Schleck. Vinokourov finished third, 4 seconds behind Rodríguez. He was later visibly furious that his teammate's move had denied him a stage win.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Barry Ryan
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-12/results
|title=Rodriguez powers to victory in Mende
|date=2010-07-16
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-11-06
}}</ref> The next day, Vinokourov took his stage win, coming home 13 seconds ahead of the peloton with a late attack, denying the sprinters that finished at the head of the main field.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Richard Moore
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-13/results
|title=Take two: Vinokourov revels in victory
|date=2010-07-17
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-11-06
}}</ref> After the race's elite finished together in stage 14, controversy ensued in stage 15. While climbing the [[Port de Balès]], the chain on Schleck's bicycle slipped. It was at this exact moment that Contador made an attack, and Schleck could not answer due to his mechanical trouble. He took back 39 seconds on the stage, which gave him the yellow jersey. He was roundly booed by sections of the crowd when taking the jersey, though some commentators also spoke out on his behalf in regards to the incident. For his part, Schleck was at first very angry with Contador but later said that he forgave him, though he did not forget. Contador's advantage over Schleck was at this point only eight seconds, and there remained an extremely difficult mountain stage and an individual time trial.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Les Clarke
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-15/results
|title=Voeckler victorious in Bagneres-de-Luchon
|date=2010-07-19
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-11-06
}}</ref>

Schleck and Contador easily distinguished themselves as the two strongest riders in stage 17, which ended at the [[Col du Tourmalet]]. They took a lead of over a minute against the race's other contenders. In the final few kilometers of the stage, Schleck repeatedly tried to drop Contador from his wheel to make up the time he needed to regain the yellow jersey, but Contador stayed with him. At the end, Contador did not try to sprint for the stage win, keeping the yellow jersey while Schleck took his second stage win.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Les Clarke
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-17/results
|title=Schleck takes stage win atop Col du Tourmalet
|date=2010-07-22
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-11-06
}}</ref> In the stage 19 time trial, a drastic change in wind direction as the day went on meant that early starters had considerably better times than the race's top riders. Contador was 35th on the stage, nearly six minutes down on the day's winner [[Fabian Cancellara]], but he extended his lead over Schleck to 39 seconds – the exact amount of time he had gained as a result of the Luxembourger's mechanical incident on the Port de Balès.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Hedwig Kröner
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-19/results
|title=Contador bests Schleck, remains in yellow
|date=2010-07-24
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-11-06
}}</ref> They finished in those positions after the Tour's [[Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France|largely ceremonial finale]] the next day, giving Contador his third Tour victory in as many participations, albeit his first without a stage win. The squad finished sixth in the teams classification.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Anthony Tan
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/97th-tour-de-france-gt/stage-20/results
|title=Tres victorias de Francia para Contador!
|date=2010-07-25
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2010-11-06
}}</ref>

====Alberto Contador clenbuterol positive====
In September 2010, Contador revealed that a urine sample he had given on July 21, a rest day in the Tour de France, had contained traces of [[clenbuterol]]. He has stated, due to the number of other tests he passed and that only a tiny amount of the substance was detected in the one he failed, that food contamination was to blame.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2010/09/30/tst.contador.cycle.brfg.cnnplus?iref=allsearch |title=Video - Breaking News Videos from |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930065452/http://www.cnn.com/video/ |archivedate=30 September 2010 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> Renowned anti-doping doctor [[Don Catlin]] considered this explanation plausible.<ref>{{cite web|author=Laura Weislo |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contadors-contaminated-food-excuse-or-possibility |title=Contador's Contaminated Food: Excuse Or Possibility? |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-30| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101003064849/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contadors-contaminated-food-excuse-or-possibility| archivedate= 3 October 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Contador stated that he is the victim,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/9047960.stm |title=BBC Sport - Cycling - Angry cyclist Alberto Contador pleads innocence |publisher=BBC News |date= 2010-09-30|accessdate=2010-09-30| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101001043139/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/9047960.stm| archivedate= 1 October 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/30/tour-de-france-winner-tested-for-dope/?iref=allsearch |title=Tour de France winner rejects positive doping test – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs |publisher=News.blogs.cnn.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> and he can "hold his head high" and that he thinks he should not be punished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30092010/58/contador-blames-contaminated-meat.html |title=Contador blames contaminated meat - Yahoo! Eurosport |publisher=Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref> Several people related to the sport said that there is little benefit from using the drug, especially in the amounts that were discovered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blog/blazin-saddles/article/1186/ |title=Blazin' Saddles - Yahoo! Eurosport |publisher=Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2010/09/30/riddell.friebe.contador.intv.cnn?iref=allsearch |title=Video - Breaking News Videos from |publisher=CNN.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930065452/http://www.cnn.com/video/ |archivedate=30 September 2010 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/30/cyclist-alberto-contador-blames-food-contamination-for-failed-steroid-test/?iref=allsearch |title=Cyclist Alberto Contador blames food contamination for failed steroid test – amFIX - CNN.com Blogs |publisher=Amfix.blogs.cnn.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref>

The UCI issued a statement reporting that the concentration was 50 [[picogram]]s per millilitre, and that this was 400 times below the minimum standards of detection capability required by [[World Anti-Doping Agency|WADA]], and that further scientific investigation would be required. Contador has been provisionally suspended from competition, although this had no short-term effect as he had already finished his racing programme for the 2010 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30092010/58/contador-suspended-positive-test.html |title=Contador suspended after positive test - Yahoo! Eurosport |publisher=Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-tests-positive-for-clenbuterol |title=Alberto Contador Tests Positive For Clenbuterol |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |date=|accessdate=2010-09-30| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101002025223/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-tests-positive-for-clenbuterol| archivedate= 2 October 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Greg Johnson |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-contador-positive-requires-further-scientific-investigation |title=Alberto Contador Suspended Over Traces Of Clenbuterol From Tour De France Test |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |date= |accessdate=2010-09-30| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101003064949/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-contador-positive-requires-further-scientific-investigation| archivedate= 3 October 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref>
Contador had been informed of the results over a month earlier, on August 24.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11441045 |title=BBC News - Tour de France winner Alberto Contador tests positive |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2010-09-30 |accessdate=2010-09-30| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100930040148/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11441045| archivedate= 30 September 2010 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Later the amount discovered was clarified as 40 times below the minimum standards, rather than the 400 times originally reported by the UCI. Contador's scientific adviser claimed that he would have needed 180 times the amount detected to gain any benefit in his performance.<ref>http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/contadors-scientific-expert-de-boer-details-defense</ref> Contador nonetheless stands to be suspended from the sport and have his Tour title stripped, depending on the outcome of the case.

The matter remained unresolved throughout 2011, and therefore past Contador's association with the Astana team, as he signed with {{ct|SAX|2011}} for 2011. On 6 February 2012, Contador was given a backdated two-year ban and stripped of both his 2010 Tour win for Astana, and the [[2011 Giro d'Italia]] win for {{ct|SAX|2011|nolink=yes}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cas-sanction-contador-with-two-year-ban-in-clenbuterol-case|title=CAS sanctions Contador with two year ban in clenbutorol case|date=6 February 2012|accessdate=6 February 2012|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|work=Cycling News}}</ref>

===Vuelta a España===
Astana entered the Vuelta without a serious overall contender. Pereiro was supposed to ride as squad leader, but had, after the [[2010 Tour de Pologne|Tour of Poland]] been feeling pain in his right arm that he said related back to his [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 15|career threatening crash in the 2008 Tour de France]]. The injury kept him from training and it further required surgery to remove a lump between the [[metacarpus|metacarpal]] bones in his right hand. Pereiro attempted a faith-healing cure as well as conventional treatment, but did not take the Vuelta's start in Seville, essentially hastening his retirement.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Andrew Hood
|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/08/news/arm-injury-may-keep-oscar-pereiro-out-of-vuelta-a-espana_134596
|title=Arm injury may keep Óscar Pereiro out of Vuelta a España
|date=2010-08-15
|work=VeloNews
|publisher=Competitor Group, Inc.
|accessdate=2011-01-16
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|author=Peter Cossins
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pereiro-almost-certain-to-sit-out-vuelta
|title=Pereiro almost certain to sit out Vuelta
|date=2010-08-18
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2011-01-16
}}</ref>

The squad was 20th in the [[team time trial]] which kicked off the race, finishing better than only the small Spanish teams {{ct|ACA|2010}} and {{ct|GEO|2010}}.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Cycling News
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-1/results
|title=Cavendish claims first leader's jersey
|date=2010-08-28
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2011-01-16
}}</ref> In stage 6, Davis made the day's selections and contested the sprint at the head of the 70-strong group that finished together after covering the day's hills. He was fourth on the day, finishing behind [[Thor Hushovd]], [[Daniele Bennati]], and [[Grega Bole]].<ref>{{cite web
|author=Peter Hymas
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-6/results
|title=Hushovd smashes sprint in Murcia
|date=2010-09-02
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2011-01-16
}}</ref> Bazayev was part of the morning breakaway in stage 8, and held on for eighth on the day as the race's top riders chased the break down.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Barry Ryan
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-8/results
|title=Moncoutie takes solo victory
|date=2010-09-04
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2011-01-16
}}</ref> Davis figured into a further two mass sprint finishes, coming home seventh in stage 12 and third in stage 21, but that was as close as the team came to any victories.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Peter Hymas
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-12/results
|title=Cavendish finally gets his Vuelta stage
|date=2010-09-09
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2011-01-16
}}</ref> The team's highest-placed rider in the final overall standings was Jufré in 24th, at a deficit of almost 33 minutes to Vuelta champion [[Vincenzo Nibali]]. The squad finished 12th in the teams classification.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Stephen Farrand
|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/65th-vuelta-a-espana-his/stage-21/results
|title=Nibali seals Vuelta a España win
|date=2010-09-19
|work=Cycling News
|publisher=Future Publishing Limited
|accessdate=2011-01-16
}}</ref>

==Season victories==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Race !! Competition !! Rider !! Country !! Location
|-
| {{dts||February|19}} || [[2010 Volta ao Algarve|Volta ao Algarve]], Stage 3 || UCI Europe Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|ESP}} || {{POR}} || [[Malhão da Estrela|Malhão]]
|-
| {{dts||February|21}} || [[2010 Volta ao Algarve|Volta ao Algarve]], Overall || UCI Europe Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|ESP}} || {{POR}} ||
|-
| {{dts||March|6}} || [[Montepaschi Strade Bianche]] || UCI Europe Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Maxim|Iglinskiy}}|KAZ}} || {{ITA}} || [[Siena]]
|-
| {{dts||March|11}} || [[2010 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]], Stage 4 || UCI World Ranking || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|ESP}} || {{FRA}} || [[Mende, Lozère|Mende]]
|-
| {{dts||March|14}} || [[2010 Paris–Nice|Paris–Nice]], Overall || UCI World Ranking || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|ESP}} || {{FRA}} ||
|-
| {{dts||March|14}} || [[2010 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]], Stage 5 || UCI World Ranking || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Enrico|Gasparotto}}|ITA}} || {{ITA}} || [[Colmurano]]
|-
| {{dts||April|1}} || [[Three Days of De Panne]], Sprint classification || UCI Europe Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Andriy|Hryvko}}|UKR}} || {{BEL}} ||
|-
| {{dts||April|17}} || [[2010 Vuelta a Castilla y León|Vuelta a Castilla y León]], Stage 4 || UCI Europe Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|ESP}} || {{ESP}} || [[Ponferrada]]
|-
| {{dts||April|18}} || [[2010 Vuelta a Castilla y León|Vuelta a Castilla y León]], Overall || UCI Europe Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|ESP}} || {{ESP}} ||
|-
| {{dts||April|18}} || [[2010 Vuelta a Castilla y León|Vuelta a Castilla y León]], Combination classification || UCI Europe Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|ESP}} || {{ESP}} ||
|-
| {{dts||April|20}} || [[Giro del Trentino]], Stage 1 || UCI Europe Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexander|Vinokourov}}|KAZ}} || {{ITA}} || [[Torbole sul Garda]]
|-
| {{dts||April|23}} || [[Giro del Trentino]], Overall || UCI Europe Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexander|Vinokourov}}|KAZ}} || {{ITA}} ||
|-
| {{dts||April|25}} || [[2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] || UCI World Ranking || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexander|Vinokourov}}|KAZ}} || {{BEL}} || [[Liège]]
|-
| {{dts||June|6}} || [[2010 Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné]], Prologue || UCI World Ranking || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|ESP}} || {{FRA}} || [[Évian-les-Bains]]
|-
| {{dts||June|11}} || [[2010 Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné]], Stage 5 || UCI World Ranking || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Daniel|Navarro}}|ESP}} || {{FRA}} || [[Grenoble]]
|-
| {{dts||June|12}} || [[2010 Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné]], Stage 6 || UCI World Ranking || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|ESP}} || {{FRA}} || [[Alpe d'Huez]]
|-
| {{dts||June|13}} || [[2010 Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné]], Points classification || UCI World Ranking || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alberto|Contador}}|ESP}} || {{FRA}} ||
|-
| {{dts||July|17}} || [[2010 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20|Tour de France]], Stage 13 || [[2010 UCI World Ranking|UCI World Ranking]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Alexander|Vinokourov}}|KAZ}} || {{FRA}} || [[Revel, Haute-Garonne|Revel]]
|-
| {{dts||August|7}} || [[2010 Tour de Pologne|Tour de Pologne]], Points classification || [[2010 UCI World Ranking|UCI World Ranking]] || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Allan|Davis}}|AUS}} || {{POL}} ||
|-
| {{dts||October|12}} || [[Tour of Hainan]], Stage 2 || UCI Asia Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Valentin|Iglinskiy}}|KAZ}} || {{CHN}} || [[Wuzhishan City|Wuzhishan]]
|-
| {{dts||October|19}} || [[Tour of Hainan]], Overall || UCI Asia Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Valentin|Iglinskiy}}|KAZ}} || {{CHN}} ||
|-
| {{dts||October|19}} || [[Tour of Hainan]], Points classification || UCI Asia Tour || {{flagathlete|{{sortname|Valentin|Iglinskiy}}|KAZ}} || {{CHN}} ||
|}

===Victory originally obtained by Contador but vacated===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date !! Race !! Competition !! Country !! Location
|-
| {{dts||July|25}} || [[2010 Tour de France, Stage 11 to Stage 20|Tour de France]], Overall || [[2010 UCI World Ranking|UCI World Ranking]] || {{FRA}} ||
|}

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