2012 Astana season

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Astana
2012 season
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The team car at the 2012 Tour de France
UCI codeAST
Status UCI ProTeam
World Tour Rank 10th (645 points) [1]
Manager Giuseppe Martinelli
Main sponsor(s) Samruk-Kazyna
Based Kazakhstan
Bicycles Specialized
Groupset SRAM?
Season victories
One-day races 2
Stage race overall3 [N 1]
Stage race stages10 [N 1]
National Championships 6
Best ranked rider Roman Kreuziger (20th)
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The 2012 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Contents

2012 roster

Ages as of 1 January 2012. [4]

RiderDate of birth
Flag of Italy.svg  Fabio Aru [N 2]  (ITA) (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 21)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assan Bazayev  (KAZ) (1981-02-22)22 February 1981 (aged 30)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Borut Božič  (SLO) (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 31)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Janez Brajkovič  (SLO) (1983-12-18)18 December 1983 (aged 28)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexsandr Dyachenko  (KAZ) (1983-10-17)17 October 1983 (aged 28)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Dmitry Fofonov  (KAZ) (1976-08-15)15 August 1976 (aged 35)
Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Gasparotto  (ITA) (1982-03-22)22 March 1982 (aged 29)
Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Gavazzi  (ITA) (1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 27)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Dmitriy Gruzdev  (KAZ) (1986-03-13)13 March 1986 (aged 25)
Flag of Italy.svg  Jacopo Guarnieri  (ITA) (1987-08-14)14 August 1987 (aged 24)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andriy Hryvko  (UKR) (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 28)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Maxim Iglinskiy  (KAZ) (1981-04-18)18 April 1981 (aged 30)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Valentin Iglinskiy  (KAZ) (1984-05-12)12 May 1984 (aged 27)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Tanel Kangert  (EST) (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 24)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Kashechkin  (KAZ) (1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 31)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Fredrik Kessiakoff  (SWE) (1980-05-17)17 May 1980 (aged 31)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Robert Kišerlovski  (CRO) (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 25)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Roman Kreuziger  (CZE) (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 (aged 25)
Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Masciarelli [N 3]  (ITA) (1986-05-05)5 May 1986 (aged 25)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Dimitry Muravyev  (KAZ) (1979-11-02)2 November 1979 (aged 32)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy  (KAZ) (1987-03-12)12 March 1987 (aged 24)
Flag of Russia.svg  Evgeni Petrov  (RUS) (1978-05-25)25 May 1978 (aged 33)
Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Ponzi  (ITA) (1987-01-17)17 January 1987 (aged 24)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Sergey Renev  (KAZ) (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 26)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kevin Seeldraeyers  (BEL) (1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 25)
Flag of Russia.svg  Egor Silin  (RUS) (1988-06-25)25 June 1988 (aged 23)
Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Tiralongo  (ITA) (1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 34)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexander Vinokourov  (KAZ) (1973-09-16)16 September 1973 (aged 38)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Andrey Zeits  (KAZ) (1986-12-14)14 December 1986 (aged 25)

Season victories

DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocation
21 March Volta a Catalunya, Stage 3 UCI World Tour Flag of Slovenia.svg  Janez Brajkovič  (SLO)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Canturri
15 April Amstel Gold Race UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Gasparotto  (ITA)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Valkenburg
22 April Liège–Bastogne–Liège UCI World Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Maxim Iglinsky  (KAZ)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Liège
24 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Stage 3 [N 1] UCI Europe Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexsandr Dyachenko  (KAZ)Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Elmalı
29 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Overall [N 1] UCI Europe Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Alexsandr Dyachenko  (KAZ)Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
29 April Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Teams classification UCI Europe Tour [N 4] Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
12 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 7 UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Paolo Tiralongo  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rocca di Cambio
25 May Giro d'Italia, Stage 19 UCI World Tour Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Roman Kreuziger  (CZE)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alpe di Pampeago
14 June Tour of Slovenia, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Ponzi  (ITA)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Novo Mesto
15 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 7 UCI World Tour Flag of Sweden.svg  Fredrik Kessiakoff  (SWE)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Gossau
17 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 9 UCI World Tour Flag of Estonia.svg  Tanel Kangert  (EST)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Sörenberg
17 June Tour de Suisse, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 5] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
17 June Tour of Slovenia, Overall UCI Europe Tour Flag of Slovenia.svg  Janez Brajkovič  (SLO)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
29 August Vuelta a España, Stage 11 UCI World Tour Flag of Sweden.svg  Fredrik Kessiakoff  (SWE)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Pontevedra
11 October Tour of Beijing, Stage 3 UCI World Tour Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Gavazzi  (ITA)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Badaling Great Wall
26 October Tour of Hainan, Stage 7 UCI Asia Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Dmitriy Gruzdev  (KAZ)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wuzhishan
28 October Tour of Hainan, Overall UCI Asia Tour Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Dmitriy Gruzdev  (KAZ)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
28 October Tour of Hainan, Teams classification UCI Asia Tour [N 6] Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Footnotes

  1. 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. [2] [3]
  2. ↑ Aru joined the team on 1 August, as a stagiaire, from Palazzago-Elledent-RAD Logistica. [5]
  3. ↑ Masciarelli left the team on 6 June. [6]
  4. ↑ The riders on the squad were Alexander Vinokourov, Assan Bazayev, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Jacopo Guarnieri, Valentin Iglinsky, Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy and Andrey Zeits
  5. ↑ The riders on the squad were Jacopo Guarnieri, Assan Bazayev, Tanel Kangert, Francesco Gavazzi, Dimitry Muravyev, Fredrik Kessiakoff, Robert Kišerlovski and Roman Kreuziger
  6. ↑ The riders on the squad were Valentin Iglinsky, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy, Sergey Renev, Andrey Zeits and Alexsandr Dyachenko

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