2012 Astana season

Astana
2012 season
The team car at the 2012 Tour de France
UCI code	AST
Status	UCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank	10th (645 points)
Manager	Giuseppe Martinelli
Main sponsor(s)	Samruk-Kazyna
Based	Kazakhstan
Bicycles	Specialized
Groupset	SRAM?
Season victories
One-day races	2
Stage race overall	3^{[N 1]}
Stage race stages	10^{[N 1]}
National Championships	6
Best ranked rider	Roman Kreuziger (20th)

The 2012 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they are automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012.^[3]

	Rider	Date of birth
Fabio Aru^{[N 2]} (ITA)		(1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 21)
Assan Bazayev (KAZ)		(1981-02-22)22 February 1981 (aged 30)
Borut Božič (SLO)		(1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 31)
Janez Brajkovič (SLO)		(1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 28)
Alexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ)		(1983-10-17)17 October 1983 (aged 28)
Dmitry Fofonov (KAZ)		(1976-08-15)15 August 1976 (aged 35)
Enrico Gasparotto (ITA)		(1982-03-22)22 March 1982 (aged 29)
Francesco Gavazzi (ITA)		(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 27)
Dmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)		(1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 25)
Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA)		(1987-08-14)14 August 1987 (aged 24)
Andriy Hryvko (UKR)		(1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 28)
Maxim Iglinskiy (KAZ)		(1981-04-18)18 April 1981 (aged 30)
Valentin Iglinskiy (KAZ)		(1984-05-12)12 May 1984 (aged 27)
Tanel Kangert (EST)		(1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 24)

	Rider	Date of birth
Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ)		(1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 31)
Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)		(1980-05-17)17 May 1980 (aged 31)
Robert Kišerlovski (CRO)		(1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 25)
Roman Kreuziger (CZE)		(1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 25)
Francesco Masciarelli^{[N 3]} (ITA)		(1986-05-05)5 May 1986 (aged 25)
Dimitry Muravyev (KAZ)		(1979-11-02)2 November 1979 (aged 32)
Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (KAZ)		(1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 24)
Evgeni Petrov (RUS)		(1978-05-25)25 May 1978 (aged 33)
Simone Ponzi (ITA)		(1987-01-17)17 January 1987 (aged 24)
Sergey Renev (KAZ)		(1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 26)
Kevin Seeldraeyers (BEL)		(1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 25)
Egor Silin (RUS)		(1988-06-25)25 June 1988 (aged 23)
Paolo Tiralongo (ITA)		(1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 34)
Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)		(1973-09-16)16 September 1973 (aged 38)
Andrey Zeits (KAZ)		(1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 25)

Riders who joined the team for the 2012 season

Rider	2011 team
Andrey Kashechkin	Lampre–ISD^[6]
Dimitry Muravyev	Team RadioShack^[7]
Jacopo Guarnieri	Liquigas–Cannondale^[8]
Egor Silin	Team Katusha^[8]
Francesco Gavazzi	Lampre–ISD^[8]
Kevin Seeldraeyers	Quick-Step^[9]
Borut Božič	Vacansoleil–DCM^[9]
Janez Brajkovič	Team RadioShack^[10]
Dmitriy Gruzdev	stagiaire (Astana)^[11]
Simone Ponzi	Liquigas–Cannondale^[12]

Riders who left the team during or after the 2011 season

Rider	2012 team
Rémy Di Gregorio	Cofidis^[13]
Simon Clarke	GreenEDGE^[14]
Tomas Vaitkus	GreenEDGE^[15]
Allan Davis	GreenEDGE^[16]
Mirco Lorenzetto	Retired^[17]
Gorazd Štangelj	Retired^[18]
Roman Kireyev	Retired^[19]
Maxim Gourov	None
Josep Jufré	Retired^[20]
Andrey Mizurov	Tabriz Petrochemical Cycling Team^[12]

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
000000002016-03-21-000021 March	Volta a Catalunya, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Brajkovič, JanezJanez Brajkovič (SLO)	Spain	Canturri
000000002016-04-15-000015 April	Amstel Gold Race	UCI World Tour	Gasparotto, EnricoEnrico Gasparotto (ITA)	Netherlands	Valkenburg
000000002016-04-22-000022 April	Liège–Bastogne–Liège	UCI World Tour	Iglinsky, MaximMaxim Iglinsky (KAZ)	Belgium	Liège
000000002016-04-24-000024 April	Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 3^{[N 1]}	UCI Europe Tour	Dyachenko, AlexsandrAlexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ)	Turkey	Elmalı
000000002016-04-29-000029 April	Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Overall^{[N 1]}	UCI Europe Tour	Dyachenko, AlexsandrAlexsandr Dyachenko (KAZ)	Turkey
000000002016-04-29-000029 April	Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Teams classification	UCI Europe Tour	^{[N 4]}	Turkey
000000002016-05-12-000012 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Tiralongo, PaoloPaolo Tiralongo (ITA)	Italy	Rocca di Cambio
000000002016-05-25-000025 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 19	UCI World Tour	Kreuziger, RomanRoman Kreuziger (CZE)	Italy	Alpe di Pampeago
000000002016-06-14-000014 June	Tour of Slovenia, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Ponzi, SimoneSimone Ponzi (ITA)	Slovenia	Novo Mesto
000000002016-06-15-000015 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 7	UCI World Tour	Kessiakoff, FredrikFredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)	Switzerland	Gossau
000000002016-06-17-000017 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Kangert, TanelTanel Kangert (EST)	Switzerland	Sörenberg
000000002016-06-17-000017 June	Tour de Suisse, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	^{[N 5]}	Switzerland
000000002016-06-17-000017 June	Tour of Slovenia, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Brajkovič, JanezJanez Brajkovič (SLO)	Slovenia
000000002016-08-29-000029 August	Vuelta a España, Stage 11	UCI World Tour	Kessiakoff, FredrikFredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)	Spain	Pontevedra
000000002016-10-11-000011 October	Tour of Beijing, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Gavazzi, FrancescoFrancesco Gavazzi (ITA)	China	Badaling Great Wall
000000002016-10-26-000026 October	Tour of Hainan, Stage 7	UCI Asia Tour	Gruzdev, DmitriyDmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)	China	Wuzhishan
000000002016-10-28-000028 October	Tour of Hainan, Overall	UCI Asia Tour	Gruzdev, DmitriyDmitriy Gruzdev (KAZ)	China
000000002016-10-28-000028 October	Tour of Hainan, Teams classification	UCI Asia Tour	^{[N 6]}	China

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 Alexsandr Dyachenko gained a stage win as well as the overall victory in the Tour of Turkey, after initial winner Ivailo Gabrovski tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) during the event.^[1]^[2]
↑ Aru joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Palazzago-Elledent-RAD Logistica.^[4]
↑ Masciarelli left the team on 6 June.^[5]
↑ The riders on the squad were Alexander Vinokourov, Assan Bazayev, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Jacopo Guarnieri, Valentin Iglinsky, Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy and Andrey Zeits
↑ The riders on the squad were Jacopo Guarnieri, Assan Bazayev, Tanel Kangert, Francesco Gavazzi, Dimitry Muravyev, Fredrik Kessiakoff, Robert Kišerlovski and Roman Kreuziger
↑ The riders on the squad were Valentin Iglinsky, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy, Sergey Renev, Andrey Zeits and Alexsandr Dyachenko

References

↑ "Ivailo Gabrovski provisionally suspended". UCI.ch (Union Cycliste Internationale). 18 July 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
↑ Stokes, Shane (14 September 2012). "Tour of Turkey winner Gabrovski faces disqualification with B sample also positive for EPO". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 9 October 2012.
↑ "Astana Pro Team (AST) – KAZ". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ Breban, Renaud (25 July 2012). "Fabio Aru stagiaire chez Astana" [Fabio Aru an intern at Astana]. Cyclism'Actu (in French) (Swar-Agency). Retrieved 1 August 2012.
↑ "Masciarelli quits Astana over health problems". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 6 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
↑ "Kashechkin rejects suggestions he’ll be with RusVelo rather than Astana in 2012". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). 3 December 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ ""Pro Team Astana" signed Dmitriy Muravyev". astana.lu (Astana). 8 August 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
1 2 3 "Egor Silin, Francesco Gavazzi and Jacopo Guarnieri will join the team for 2012 & 2013 seasons". astana.lu (Astana). 22 August 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
1 2 "Astana signs Borut Božič and Kevin Seeldraeyers". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). 19 September 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ "Brajkovic joins Astana". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). Agence France-Presse. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ Stokes, Shane (20 December 2011). "Vinokourov to lead strong Astana team at the Tour de Langkawi". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 16 January 2012.
1 2 "Transferts 2011-2012" [Transfers 2011-2012]. Velochrono.fr (in French) (Velochrono). Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ "Di Gregorio joins Cofidis; Quick Step hires Polish riders". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 5 August 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ Aubrey, Jane (23 August 2011). "Clarke bound for GreenEdge". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ Aubrey, Jane (29 August 2011). "Versatile Vaitkus leaves Astana for GreenEdge". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ "Davis joins GreenEdge, with London Games in sights". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). Agence France-Presse. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ "Lorenzetto calls time on career". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 2 December 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ Wilcockson, John (7 November 2011). "Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: This year’s retirees just faded away". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ Ryan, Barry (24 August 2011). "Astana reduces roster thanks to Kireyev retirement". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 16 January 2012.
↑ Moore, Kyle (16 January 2012). "Josep Jufré calls it a career at age 36". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 16 January 2012.

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List of 2012 UCI ProTeams and riders

Ag2r–La Mondiale Astana BMC Racing Team Euskaltel–Euskadi FDJ–BigMat Garmin–Sharp Orica–GreenEDGE Team Katusha Lampre–ISD Liquigas–Cannondale Lotto–Belisol Movistar Team Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Rabobank RadioShack–Nissan Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank Team Sky Vacansoleil–DCM

List of 2012 UCI Professional Continental and Continental teams

Accent.jobs–Willems Veranda's Acqua & Sapone Andalucía Androni Giocattoli Bretagne–Schuller Caja Rural Champion System Cofidis Colnago–CSF Inox Colombia–Coldeportes Team Europcar Farnese Vini–Selle Italia Landbouwkrediet–Euphony Team NetApp Project 1t4i RusVelo Saur–Sojasun SpiderTech–C10 Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator Team Type 1–Sanofi UnitedHealthcare Utensilnord–Named

List of 2012 UCI Women's Teams and riders

Rabobank Women Cycling Team Team Specialized–lululemon AA Drink–leontien.nl GreenEDGE–AIS Hitec Products–Mistral Home Diadora–Pasta Zara Be Pink Faren Honda Team RusVelo Lotto Belisol Ladies Dolmans–Boels Cycling Team MCipollini–Giambenini Team Skil–Argos Vaiano Tepso Kleo Ladies Team TIBCO–To the Top S.C. Michela Fanini Rox Team GSD gestion Exergy TWENTY12 Vienne Futuroscope ABUS Nutrixxion Bizkaia–Durango Fassa Bortolo–Servetto Axman Team Taiwan Topsport Vlaanderen–Ridley Forno d'Asolo Colavita Lointek Sengers Ladies Cycling Team Team Ibis Cycles Team Bizhub–FCF ASPTT Dijon–Bourgogne China Chongming–Giant Pro Cycling Alriksson Go:Green Scappa Speed Queens Verinlegno–Fabiani

Astana seasons

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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