Astana Continental Team
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| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | AS2 |
| Registered | Kazakhstan |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Discipline | Road |
| Status | UCI Continental Team |
| Bicycles | Specialized |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager |
Séamus Harford Alexander Nadobenko |
| Team name history | |
| 2012– | Continental Team Astana |
Astana Continental Team (UCI team code: AS2) is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Samruk-Kazyna, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana. Continental Team Astana acts as the junior feeder team to Astana.[1]
Team history
2014: Three doping positives
During the 2014 season three riders, Ilya Davidenok, Victor Okishev and Artur Fedosseyev tested positive for anabolic androgenic steroids. Davidenok tested positive at the Tour de l'Avenir, Okishev tested positive at the Asian Cycling Championships while Fedosseyev tested positive at Tour de l'Ain. The riders were provisionally suspended awaiting doping hearings.[2][3][4] The next day Alexander Vinokourov, head of Astana, was reported to have suspended the entire continental team.[5]
Major results
- 2012
- 1st Stage 2a Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional, Ruslan Tleubayev
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional, Arman Kamyshev
- 1st Stage 2 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Nikita Umerbekov
- 1st Stage 5 Heydar Aliyev Anniversary Tour, Nikita Umerbekov
- 1st Overall Saguenay U23, Arman Kamyshev
- 1st Stages 1 & 3, Arman Kamyshev
- 1st Sant'Ermete, Ruslan Tleubayev
- 1st Stage 3 Baby Giro, Ruslan Tleubayev
- 1st Stage 1 Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Arman Kamyshev
- 1st Stage 5 Giro della Valle d'Aosta, Alexey Lutsenko
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Alsace, Ruslan Tleubayev
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir, Alexey Lutsenko
- 1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria, Maxat Ayazbayev
- 1st Stage 1b, Alexey Lutsenko
- 1st Stage 2, Arman Kamyshev
- 2013
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Evgeniy Nepomnyachshiy
- 1st Stage 5 Priirtyshe Stage Race, Ilya Davidenok
- 1st Atina, Maxat Ayazbayev
- 2014
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional, Nurbolat Kulimbetov
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Normandie, Marco Benfatto
- 1st Stage 2 Le Tour de Bretagne Cycliste trophée harmonie Mutuelle, Vadim Galeyev
- 1st Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake, Ilya Davidenok
- 1st Stages 2 & 4, Marco Benfatto
- 1st Stage 10, Ilya Davidenok
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of China II, Vadim Galeyev
World, Continental and National champions
- 2012
World U23 Road Race Championships, Alexey Lutsenko- 2013
Asian U23 Continental Time Trial Championships, Daniil Fominykh- 2014
- Asian U23 Continental Time Trial Championships, Viktor Okishev
Kazakhstan National Road Race Championships, Ilya Davidenok
See also
References
- ↑ ProCyclingStats. "Continental Team Astana 2014 - ProCyclingStats". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-to-review-astana-worldtour-licence
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-continental-rider-okishev-tests-positive-for-steroids
- ↑ Cyclingnews: Fedosseyev is fifth doping case for Astana organisation, cyclingnews.com, 26 November 2014
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vinokourov-suspends-astana-continental-team
External links
- Continental Team Astana's Official Website