2016 Astana season

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Astana
2016 season
UCI code AST
Status UCI ProTeam
Chairman Alexander Vinokourov
Main sponsor(s) Samruk-Kazyna
Based Kazakhstan
Bicycles Specialized
Groupset Campagnolo
Season victories
Stage race overall 3
Stage race stages 15
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The 2016 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they are automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 29 March 2016. view · edit · talk
Rider Date of birth
 Valerio Agnoli (ITA) (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 31)
 Fabio Aru (ITA) (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 25)
 Maxat Ayazbayev (KAZ) (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 24)
 Lars Boom (NED) (1985-12-30)30 December 1985 (aged 30)
 Eros Capecchi (ITA) (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 29)
 Dario Cataldo (ITA) (1985-03-17)17 March 1985 (aged 31)
 Laurens de Vreese (BEL) (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 27)
 Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 24)
 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 31)
 Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 30)
 Andrea Guardini (ITA) (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 26)
 Andriy Hryvko (UKR) (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 32)
 Arman Kamyshev (KAZ) (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 25)
 Tanel Kangert (EST) (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 29)
Rider Date of birth
 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (KAZ) (1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 24)
 Miguel Ángel López (COL) (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 22)
 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 23)
 Davide Malacarne (ITA) (1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 28)
 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (1984-11-14)14 November 1984 (aged 31)
 Diego Rosa (ITA) (1989-03-27)27 March 1989 (aged 27)
 Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 32)
 Michele Scarponi (ITA) (1979-09-25)25 September 1979 (aged 36)
 Gatis Smukulis (LAT) (1987-04-15)15 April 1987 (aged 28)
 Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) (1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 38)
 Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ) (1987-03-07)7 March 1987 (aged 29)
 Alessandro Vanotti (ITA) (1980-09-16)16 September 1980 (aged 35)
 Lieuwe Westra (NED) (1982-09-11)11 September 1982 (aged 33)
 Andrey Zeits (KAZ) (1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 29)

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
23 January Tour de San Luis, Stage 6 UCI America Tour  Miguel Ángel López (COL)  Argentina Filo de la Sierra de Comechingones
24 January Tour de San Luis, Young rider classification UCI America Tour  Miguel Ángel López (COL)  Argentina
13 February La Méditerranéenne, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Andriy Hrivko (UKR)  France Pegomas
14 February La Méditerranéenne, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Andriy Hrivko (UKR)  France
18 February Volta ao Algarve, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Portugal Alto da Foía
19 February Tour of Oman, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Oman Jebel Akhdar
21 February Tour of Oman, Jersey red.svg Overall UCI Asia Tour  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)  Oman
24 February Tour de Langkawi, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour  Andrea Guardini (ITA)  Malaysia Baling
27 February Tour de Langkawi, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Miguel Ángel López (COL)  Malaysia Tanah Rata
28 February Tour de Langkawi, Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour  Andrea Guardini (ITA)  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
1 March Tour de Langkawi, Stage 7 UCI Asia Tour  Andrea Guardini (ITA)  Malaysia Parit Sulong
2 March Tour de Langkawi, Stage 8 UCI Asia Tour  Andrea Guardini (ITA)  Malaysia Malacca
2 March Tour de Langkawi,Jersey green.svg Points Classification UCI Asia Tour  Andrea Guardini (ITA)  Malaysia
11 March Paris–Nice, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)  France Salon-de-Provence
31 March Three Days of De Panne, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Lieuwe Westra (NED)  Belgium
31 March Three Days of De Panne, Team classifcation UCI Europe Tour [N 1]  Belgium
4 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Spain Markina-Xemein
8 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Diego Rosa (ITA)  Spain es (Arrate) (Eibar)
9 April Tour of the Basque Country, Mountains classification UCI World Tour  Diego Rosa (ITA)  Spain
19 April Giro del Trentino, Stage 1 (TTT) UCI Europe Tour [N 2]  Italy Torbole
21 April Giro del Trentino, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Tanel Kangert (EST)  Italy Mezzolombardo
22 April Giro del Trentino, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Tanel Kangert (EST)  Italy Cles


Footnotes

  1. ↑ The riders on the squad were Laurens de Vreese, Jakob Fuglsang, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Andrea Guardini, Arman Kamyshev, Alexey Lutsenko, Lars Boom and Lieuwe Westra
  2. ↑ The riders on the squad were Vincenzo Nibali, Valerio Agnoli, Eros Capecchi, Jakob Fuglsang, Tanel Kangert, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev, Davide Malacarne and Michele Scarponi


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