2016 Astana season

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 stages	2

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 1 January 2016.

Rider Date of birth  Valerio Agnoli (ITA) (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 (aged 30)  Fabio Aru (ITA) (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 25)  Maxat Ayazbayev (KAZ) (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 23)  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 30)  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 30)  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 28)

Rider Date of birth  Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (KAZ) (1992-03-28)28 March 1992 (aged 23)  Miguel Ángel López (COL) (1994-02-04)4 February 1994 (aged 21)  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 26)  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 28)  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
000000002016-01-23-000023 January	Tour de San Luis, Stage 6	UCI America Tour	Sánchez, Luis LeónLuis León Sánchez (ESP)	Argentina	Filo de la Sierra de Comechingones
000000002016-01-24-000024 January	Tour de San Luis, Youth Classification	UCI America Tour	Sánchez, Luis LeónLuis León Sánchez (ESP)	Argentina	San Luis
000000002016-02-13-000013 February	La Méditerranéenne, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Hrivko, AndriyAndriy Hrivko (UKR)	France	Pegomas
000000002016-02-14-000014 February	La Méditerranéenne, General Classification	UCI Europe Tour	Hrivko, AndriyAndriy Hrivko (UKR)	Spain	Banyoles

National, Continental and World champions 2016

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