2018 Astana season

Astana
2018 season
UCI codeAST
StatusUCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank6th[1]
ChairmanAlexander Vinokourov
Main sponsor(s)Samruk-Kazyna
BasedKazakhstan
BicyclesArgon 18
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races3
Stage race overall3
Stage race stages19
National Championships4
Best ranked riderMiguel Ángel López[2]
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The 2018 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

As of 7 March 2018.[3]
Rider Date of birth
 Pello Bilbao (ESP) (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 28)
 Zhandos Bizhigitov (KAZ) (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 26)
 Dario Cataldo (ITA) (1985-03-17)17 March 1985 (aged 32)
 Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS) (1990-04-09)9 April 1990 (aged 27)
 Magnus Cort (DEN) (1993-01-16)16 January 1993 (aged 25)
 Laurens De Vreese (BEL) (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 29)
 Daniil Fominykh (KAZ) (1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 26)
 Omar Fraile (ESP) (1990-07-17)17 July 1990 (aged 27)
 Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 32)
 Oscar Gatto (ITA) (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 33)
 Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ) (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 21)
 Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 31)
 Jesper Hansen (DEN) (1990-10-23)23 October 1990 (aged 27)
 Jan Hirt (CZE) (1991-01-21)21 January 1991 (aged 27)
 Hugo Houle (CAN) (1990-09-27)27 September 1990 (aged 27)
Rider Date of birth
 Andriy Hrivko (UKR) (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 34)
 Tanel Kangert (EST) (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 30)
 Truls Korsæth (NOR) (1993-09-16)16 September 1993 (aged 24)
 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (KAZ) (1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 25)
 Miguel Ángel López (COL) (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 24)
 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 25)
 Riccardo Minali (ITA) (1995-04-19)19 April 1995 (aged 22)
 Moreno Moser (ITA) (1990-12-25)25 December 1990 (aged 27)
 Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 34)
 Nikita Stalnov (KAZ) (1991-09-14)14 September 1991 (aged 26)
 Ruslan Tleubayev (KAZ) (1987-03-07)7 March 1987 (aged 31)
 Michael Valgren (DEN) (1992-02-07)7 February 1992 (aged 26)
 Davide Villella (ITA) (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 26)
 Artyom Zakharov (KAZ) (1991-10-27)27 October 1991 (aged 26)
 Andrey Zeits (KAZ) (1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 31)

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
4 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 1]  Spain
10 February Vuelta a Murcia UCI Europe Tour  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Spain Murcia
16 February Tour of Oman, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Magnus Cort (DEN)  Oman Ministry of Tourism
17 February Tour of Oman, Stage 5 UCI Asia Tour  Miguel Ángel López (COL)  Oman Jebel Akhdar
18 February Tour of Oman, Overall UCI Asia Tour  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)  Oman
18 February Tour of Oman, Young rider classification UCI Asia Tour  Miguel Ángel López (COL)  Oman
18 February Tour of Oman, Teams classification UCI Asia Tour [N 2]  Oman
24 February Omloop Het Nieuwsblad UCI World Tour  Michael Valgren (DEN)  Belgium
25 February Abu Dhabi Tour, Young rider classification UCI World Tour  Miguel Ángel López (COL)  United Arab Emirates
13 March Tirreno–Adriatico, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 3]  Italy
19 March Tour de Langkawi, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour  Riccardo Minali (ITA)  Malaysia Kota Bharu
21 March Tour de Langkawi, Stage 4 UCI Asia Tour  Riccardo Minali (ITA)  Malaysia Pekan
6 April Tour of the Basque Country, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Omar Fraile (ESP)  Spain Eibar
15 April Amstel Gold Race UCI World Tour  Michael Valgren (DEN)  Netherlands Berg en Terblijt
16 April Tour of the Alps, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Pello Bilbao (ESP)  Italy Folgaria
16 April Tour of the Alps, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Miguel Ángel López (COL)  Italy Fiemme Mountains
19 April Tour of the Alps, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Austria Lienz
20 April Tour of the Alps, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4]  Italy
22 April Tour of Croatia, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour  Yevgeniy Gidich (KAZ)  Croatia
25 April Tour de Romandie, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Omar Fraile (ESP)  Switzerland Delémont
28 April Tour de Romandie, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Jakob Fuglsang (DEN)  Switzerland Sion
4 May Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Magnus Cort (DEN)  United Kingdom Ilkley
27 May Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification UCI World Tour  Miguel Ángel López (COL)  Italy
9 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Pello Bilbao (ESP)  France La Rosière
10 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Mountains classification UCI World Tour  Dario Cataldo (ITA)  France
17 June Tour de Suisse, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 5]  Switzerland
12 July Tour of Austria, Stage 6 UCI Europe Tour  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)  Austria Wenigzell
21 July Tour de France, Stage 14 UCI World Tour  Omar Fraile (ESP)  France Mende
22 July Tour de France, Stage 15 UCI World Tour  Magnus Cort (DEN)  France Carcassonne
9 August Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Miguel Ángel López (COL)  Spain Espinosa de los Monteros
10 August Tour de Pologne, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 6]  Poland
11 August Vuelta a Burgos, Points classification UCI Europe Tour  Miguel Ángel López (COL)  Spain
17 August BinckBank Tour, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Magnus Cort (DEN)  Belgium Lanaken
19 August Arctic Race of Norway, Overall UCI Europe Tour  Sergey Chernetskiy (RUS)  Norway
24 August Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 7]  France
29 September Tour of Almaty, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour  Davide Villella (ESP)  Kazakhstan Almaty
30 September Tour of Almaty, Stage 2 UCI Asia Tour  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Kazakhstan Almaty
30 September Tour of Almaty, Overall UCI Asia Tour  Davide Villella (ESP)  Kazakhstan Almaty
30 September Tour of Almaty, Points classification UCI Asia Tour  Davide Villella (ESP)  Kazakhstan
12 October Tour of Turkey, Stage 4 UCI World Tour  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)  Turkey Marmaris
21 October Tour of Guangxi, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 8]  China

National, Continental and World champions 2018

Date Discipline Jersey Rider Country Location
20 June Ukrainian National Time Trial Championships
 Andriy Hrivko (UKR)  Ukraine Bohuslav
27 June Kazakhstan National Time Trial Championships
 Daniil Fominykh (KAZ)  Kazakhstan Almaty
28 June Estonian National Time Trial Championships
 Tanel Kangert (EST)  Estonia Otepää
1 July Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships
 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)  Kazakhstan Almaty
23 August Asian Games, Men's road race  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)  Indonesia Subang
24 August Asian Games, ITT  Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)  Indonesia Subang

Footnotes

References

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  2. ^ "PCS Ranking Individual". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Astana confirm 30-rider roster for 2018". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
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  5. ^ "Fraile signs two-year deal with Astana". cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Jan Hirt signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
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  8. ^ "Davide Villella signs for Astana". cyclingnews.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Fabio Aru signs for UAE Team Emirates". cyclingnews.com. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
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