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{{Infobox cycling team
| name           = Astana Women's Team
| image          = [[File:Astana-Acca_Due_O_team_logo.jpg|200px]]
| code           = ASA
| registered     = [[Kazakhstan]]
| founded        = {{start date|2015}}
| disbanded      = 
| website        = 
| generalmanager = [[Zulfia Zabirova]]<br>[[Maurizio Fabretto]]
| teammanager    = 
| discipline     = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| bicycles       = [[Kuota]]
| status         = [[UCI Women's Team]] 
| season         = 2015<br/>2016–
| oldname        = Astana–Acca Due O<br/>Astana Women's Team
| kitimage       = 
| current        = 
}}

'''Astana Women's Team''' is a professional [[List of UCI Women's Teams|women's]] [[cycling team]] based in [[Kazakhstan]], which is scheduled to compete in elite [[road bicycle racing]] events such as the [[UCI Women's Road World Cup]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-acca-due-o-womens-team-launched-for-2015|title=Astana-Acca Due O women’s team launched for 2015|work=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kuotacycle.it/en/content/kuotacycle-e-astana-acca-due-o |title=#KUOTACYCLE E ASTANA ACCA DUE O |publisher= |accessdate=25 December 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220183056/http://kuotacycle.it/en/content/kuotacycle-e-astana-acca-due-o |archivedate=20 December 2014 |df= }}</ref>

==Team history==

===2014===

====Riders in====
On November 28, [[Marzhan Baitlevova]], [[Yekaterina Yuraitis]], [[Makhabbat Umutzanova]], [[Natalya Sokovnina]] and [[Aliya Kargaliyena]] signed with the team. On November 30, [[Natalya Saitfutdinova]] and [[Faina Potapova]] signed with the team. On December 2, the team signed [[Jessenia Meneses]] and [[Ingrid Drexel]]. On December 6, the team signed [[Aizhan Zhaparova]], [[Larisa Pankova]] and [[Kseniya Dobrynina]]. On December 12 [[Marika Campagnaro]] joined the team. On December 18 [[Milda Jankauskaite]], [[Olena Demidova]] and [[Carolina Rodriguez]] joined the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://women.cyclingfever.com/transfers.html?xs=5|title=Cycling Transfers 2015  -  -  Team Information - By: CyclingFever.com|publisher=|accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref> On 24 December, [[Hanna Solovey]] signed for the team.<ref>http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-solovey-signs-for-astana-acca-due-o-roompot-secure-classics-invitations</ref>

===2015===
In June, Astana-Acca Due O fired Hanna Solovey citing “unprofessional behaviour”. This was disputed, with the Ukrainian Cycling Federation, claiming she was fired for refusing to take up Kazakhstani citizenship ahead of the Rio [[2016 Olympics]].<ref>http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/solovey-sacked-by-astana-acca-due-o-for-refusing-to-switch-nationality-claims-ukrainian-federation</ref>

==Team roster== 
{{Cycling squad start}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Rinata Akhmetcha]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|3|17}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Sofia Beggin]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|10|12}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Sofia Bertizzolo]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|8|21}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Arianna Fidanza]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|1|6}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Tatyana Geneleva]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|4|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Amiliya Iskakova]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|3|29}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lisa Morzenti]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|1|23}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Olena Pavlukhina]]|nat=AZE|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|3|1}}}}
{{Cycling squad mid}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Carolina Rodríguez (cyclist)|Carolina Rodríguez]]|nat=MEX|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|2|10}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Natalya Saifutdinova]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|2|11}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Zhanerke Sanakbayeva]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|1|10}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Arlenis Sierra]]|nat=CUB|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|12|7}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Agnieszka Skalniak]]|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|4|22}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Makhabbat Umutzhanova]]|nat=KAZ|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|8|11}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lara Vieceli]]|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|7|16}}}}
{{Cycling squad end}}

==National Champions==
;2015
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis
:[[File:MaillotMexicano.PNG|20px]] Mexico Time Trial, Ingril Drexel
;2016
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Road Race, Natalya Saifutdinova
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Time Trial, Yekaterina Yuraitis
:[[File:MaillotRusia.PNG|20px]] Russia Time Trial, Tatiana Antoshina
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Track (Scratch Race), Nadezhda Geneleva
:[[File:MaillotKaz.PNG|20px]] Kazakhstan Track (Points Race), Makhabbat Umutzhanova

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{UCI Women's Teams}}

[[Category:UCI Women's Teams]]
[[Category:Sports clubs established in 2015]]
[[Category:Cycling teams based in Kazakhstan]]